The Girlfriend Experience

2016

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Released: 10 April 2016 Ended
Producted By: Magnolia Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.starz.com/originals/thegirlfriendexperience
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Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.

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Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
bOOnish To make it short: This series will make you feel betrayed.It starts several arcs of suspense that make you continue watching but it finalizes nothing. There is no resolve at all. At the end of the first season the viewer has no answers to questions that seemed to drive the plot. And at the beginning of the second season the viewer realizes disbelievingly that this starts a completely new plot with new characters. Waste of time.
FinneganBear Season 1 was a well written, well acted character study of Christine Reade, who transforms from smart, "good girl", from a good family, who does well in law school, receives an internship at a prestigious firm but winds up a high priced call girl. Christine was not a particularly likeable character but her transformation from one world into another was spellbinding. Season 2 consisted of two unrelated half hour weekly stories. It seems creators Kerrigan and Siemtz wanted to go in a very different direction but were stuck with the escort theme. Kerrigan did the "Erica and Anna" portion of GFE primarily about Erica, an unethical political operative involved in arranging illegal campaign contributions. Anna was the call-girl in the story. Erica uses Anna to blackmail a political opponent and inexplicably decides she must have a relationship with Anna. Anna appears somewhat unstable and the two of them alternate between pleasing and hurting one another. We learn nothing about either character. The series is essentially about the political intrigue and less about the characters, none of which have any redeeming value or are worth caring about. Siemetz did the "Bria" portion of GFE. Bria is a former escort now in the witness protection program. We learn that she met a mob boss as an escort and married him, presumably to live a life of wealth. She was aware of his violent criminal activity and admitted to participating in some crimes. Now she feared he would find her and kill her before she could testify against him. Unhappy in her new, tedious life as well as afraid, she secretly finds a few wealthy men to escort as well as using sex to ensure the married marshal assigned to protect her remains interested. The only thing "Erica and Anna" and "Bria" have in common is that there is not a single character in either series worth caring about.
jenniferobrycki One of the main reasons I liked the girlfriend experience season one was due to Riley K, aka Christine. Riley OWNED that character and she made the season what it was. I am crushed they are changing things and that she won't be returning and I will bet that those who loved the GFE as much as I did will agree that season two will be a huge disappointment. I also loved the way they produced and directed it, and the overall feel of it. It wasn't just another TV series with drama and sex. It's stood out above the rest. And season two, it seems they are changing all that. I can understand the want to change its course, but we liked season one for a reason. I can see from the articles about how season two will be played that it's NOTHING like season one. It's gonna be just another TV series, like breaking bad or orange is the new black. Season one was different Then any other TV series I've watched and I loved it. Why change it? And with all due respect to the new cast, there is no way they will be able to do what Riley did. Between a new cast and a new direction of the show, I have a sad feeling that season two will be another bad sequel, like a second dirty dancing. The effort will be there, but the season one fans will be highly disappointed in the ratings won't be there. I can only hope that if that happens, that they will go back to what they did in season one and go back to that in season three, if it even gets renewed for a third season. What the directors and producers and Riley did in season one was absolutely genius and amazing and I think it's respect really stupid of them to change that now. Especially when the show is so new. They could have done so many great things how they just kept doing what they were doing, keeping Riley and adding on from there. The life of a provider is ever-changing in so many exciting things happen and so many different people are met. Clients come in and out of their lives, Friends and family can find out, invitations to parties, and so many other things that happen that they could've Inc. in Riley's life in season two. They could have brought Avery back, she could have started her own agency or helped out a couple girls, a crazy Rendezvous between Christine and David. Etc. So many things I could've done that would have kept the fans, created new ones, and kept the show strong. But instead, they change the cast, they change the pots, and they change the way The show is directed and filmed. Unfortunately, I have a feeling it's going to be a flop. Now it's going to blend in with all the rest as just another TV series with sex in it. I hope I am wrong though.
SnoopyStyle Christine Reade (Riley Keough) is a Chicago law student who gets an internship at the law firm of Kirkland & Allen. His ambitious boss David Tellis is competing against Erin Roberts for a promotion. Christine's school friend Avery introduces her to Jacqueline who facilitates high paying sex dates. She faces obsessed clients and the threat of being revealed, calling herself Chelsea Rayne.Riley Keough delivers a mostly monotone performance with one particular exception. I'm willing to put it down to the character and the facade her character puts up. The show is almost entirely in that quiet monotone. Honestly, I ended up listening to podcasts while watching the show with the subtitles on. It's a rather slow start. It's good that the episodes are only thirty minutes long. The first few episodes can be quickly burned through as the plot picks up. And the plot really picks up. The first season runs through a lot of plot. The most compelling is the inheritance storyline. It goes through so much plot that sometimes it's rushing. This show has some potential but I won't be sticking around for season two.

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