You'll either love it or hate it. Not much middle ground.

Rating: 8/10 (7 December 2004)

I happened to love it. There's a very dark realness to the relationships in this film --- not necessary the characters themselves (writer, photographer, stripper, doctor), but the behavior of these people within their relationships. There's something very true to the glutton-for-punishment behavior that's portrayed that stays with you, probably because it IS so real. The acting was terrific, the dialogue sparse but completely on point, and the film moves at a nice pace, drawing you into each of the characters. Not the strongest of endings, (bit of a sellout if you ask me) but still a great flick. Not for everyone, though - some people applauded at the end of the movie, another group I overheard said they needed to go home and "bathe to rid themselves of the filth of this movie".