Aroused

I very much enjoyed this documentary. Sex workers are both glamorized and despised in our society. The enduring value of this film is the personal perspective of the women who work in adult movies. Some of the stories are very sad but others are a celebration of the human spirit and sexuality.

I thought the agent who was interviewed was shallow in her judgment of the path these women have chosen. She seemed unable to grasp the fact that being filmed naked does not destroy a person. She is in the wrong business.

I understood that most of these women want to move on and that this is a difficult business for many. The fact that some adult production companies are now owned and operated by women means that there is less opportunity for men to exploit and abuse these sex workers. The next step is to legalize prostitution and have strong labor unions for all sex workers so it is easier to move on. But that would require a sane, reasonable and caring society. I don't see much of that in the USA today.

At first the concept sounded interested. THEN the fact that Jon Anderson the now spiritual essence ex leader of progressive group Yes who I worship daughter was making the film. I became distraught. I hate porn with such a passion I wish I could well I'm not going to say. There's no more porn stars are you kidding. Porn is common place it's like every 10th person you see under 80 has made a porn video and it's on the internet. GIVE ME A BREAK. WAKE UP................ OK they want more review on a movie that stunk. Since when did IMDb change the rules. Why do web sites make it harder on the average user. It was fine before they make me write 10 lines of crap.

While the fashion photographer who made the film works to glamorize her subjects, she doesn't mince their words in editing, and the closeups on the actresses expressions are actually devastating. I was looking for a film that would change my far too positive view of porn to be more balanced, and seeing that even the top porn stars aren't that happy about their work says a lot.

The actresses start sounding conflicted and upset as they go deeper in the questioning. They basically all qualify any positive thing they say about porn with a contradiction. They're all dealing with one harsh reality or another. Posing in front of the camera they seem really out of their element when they're not expected to sell themselves, but it's fascinating.

If you interpret what they actresses are really saying, it's sad; doubly sad that so many blindly love porn. For once the actresses are all really human though.

The only thing in the filmmaker's mind is to present herself as a talented artist, but ironically it looks super unprofessional and Pretentious. It was a waste of time for everyone.

I have nothing against pornography or documentaries. However, a documentary about pornography needs to get past the self-serving interview that is the sole menu item offered on this smörgåsbord.

Everyone has two reasons for doing what he does; the real reason and the good reason. This film is dishonest because it presents only the good reasons, delivered up by the porn stars themselves. As a result, the documentary is not particularly penetrating. There is some reason that Shauna Grant, for example, killed herself. Many dozens of other porn stars, male and female, have done the same.

There is some value in seeing the women talking about themselves, but the prevarication is obvious and transparent -- a wee bit of the happy hooker fantasy.