The Girlfriend Experience

The Girlfriend Experience

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Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Produced by Magnolia Pictures, 2929 Productions

200977 min5.1 / 10

A cool, cerebral examination of transactional intimacy and identity in the sex trade, set against economic precarity and emotional disconnection.

Chelsea is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York's lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, "the girlfriend experience." With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made... until a new client rocks her world.

Where to watch

Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Girlfriend Experience sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Does The Girlfriend Experience end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is The Girlfriend Experience violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is The Girlfriend Experience scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Is The Girlfriend Experience easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

Written about

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity81

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Everything like The Girlfriend Experience, and what each one shares →

Like The Girlfriend Experience

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Girlfriend Experience

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Girlfriend Experience, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Girlfriend Experience, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Girlfriend Experience, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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