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- Starz
- Apr 9, 2016
- Starz
- Apr 9, 2016
Summary The drama series based on Steven Soderbergh 2009 film of the same name follows law student Christine Reade (Riley Keough) as she becomes a call-girl who provides the "girlfriend experience" to her clients.
Created By: Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz, Anja Marquardt
- Starz
- Apr 9, 2016
- Starz
- Apr 9, 2016
Summary The drama series based on Steven Soderbergh 2009 film of the same name follows law student Christine Reade (Riley Keough) as she becomes a call-girl who provides the "girlfriend experience" to her clients.
Created By: Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz, Anja Marquardt
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
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85% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
78
85% Positive
23 Reviews
23 Reviews
15% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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The imagery is gorgeous yet curt and parred, with jagged editing complementing the declaratory dialogue and Shane Carruth's spare score.
This is a singular vision throughout, written and directed by the team of Lodge Kerrigan and Amy Seimetz. (She also plays Christine’s older sister.) Their intense focus draws a disquieting portrait of a peculiar personality.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 77 User Ratings
7.8
81% Positive
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62 Ratings
9% Mixed
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10% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 77 User Ratings
7.8
81% Positive
62 Ratings
62 Ratings
9% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
10% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
An extremely intelligent show, possibly the best I have seen in many years. I suspect the negative reviews posted here were written by those who watched it because of its subject matter; if you watch it for "soft porn excitement" it's bound to disappoint. Watch it for its interesting approach to storytelling, its unique visuals and sounds and you'll find yourself mesmerised by this gem of a show.
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SEASON 1
I've only seen first 4 episode and I often stop watching cable dramas after 2 or 3 but I won't stop watching this one. 'Polished' is putting it mildly, and the tone of Soderbergh's 2009 film is very much in evidence. Lots of questions, unanswered intentionally. Is it formulaic? Are WE formulaic? Does it matter? Should it? etc. Seriously addictive TV.
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SEASON 1
The viewer’s feelings toward Christine and her behavior are likely to remain unresolved--but Kerrigan and Seimetz’s refusal to psychologically and morally pin her down is exactly what makes The Girlfriend Experience, in its pungently moody and disturbing way, ultimately difficult to shake off.
Keough’s Christine is fascinatingly inscrutable, and the 26-year-old actress (Elvis’s granddaughter, incidentally) carries the series with her chilly poise and enigmatic composure. The show, written and directed by Amy Seimetz and Lodge Kerrigan, offers no exposition whatsoever, rather following Christine from scene to scene and only occasionally abandoning her when plot necessitates it.
The Girlfriend Experience intuitively grasps the manner in which constantly available information can transform lives. If it resembles any movie genres, it's the paranoid eavesdropping thrillers of the 1970s, like Klute and The Conversation.
At first, the show feels a trifle frustrating, inasmuch as Christine dives into this strange new world without divulging almost anything about who she is, or wants to be. ... Gradually, though, that becomes its own kind of mystery, and helps foster a pervasive sense of unease, one that makes this Experience feel far more ambitious than something like Showtime’s “The Secret Diary of a Call Girl.”
Mostly the half-hour segments move in and out of often disjointed moments of Christine's escort-driven life at a pace that seems intentionally, and unforgivably, elliptical.
At the end of this show my only response was "So what?" Superficially entertaining, but I was hoping that all the dreariness would lead up to something. It doesn't. No insights, nothing to say. An utterly pointless show.
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SEASON 1
There were some exciting moments in the first episode of this series. Unfortunately, they were all in the trailer for the rest of the season. That first episode was so slow, so static, so uninvolving, yet the trailer promises intrigue, mystery, betrayal, danger. But I don't believe it. Nothing this boring is going to reach that level of melodrama later on. I suspect every interesting moment from the show is in that trailer. One episode was quite enough.
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SEASON 1
A plot that echos the unrealistic fantasies found in Fifty Shades of Grey, except this time focusing on the call girl profession. The main character is constantly pandered to by wealthy businessmen clients despite her plain looks, emotionless expressions, and dull personality.
The dialog feels stilted and the characters feel more like caricatures than real people. The plot twists feel staged as if only to create some sense of drama, rather than occurring organically.
And for those intrigued by the sex appeal of the show.. even those scenes are dull and passionless.
Post production is done well though, and it's a nice looking show, albeit a bit on the dark side (everything seems to be muted shades of grey).
All in all a very disappointing show.
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