horrible

Rating: 2/10 (30 May 2005)

Probably one of the most sexist, unrealistic and outright offensive movies I've ever seen. Julia Roberts plays a clean, sweet, beautiful prostitute who is 'rescued' by a millionaire businessman (Richard Gere) who tells her what to wear and how to act as she escorts him from place to place and sleeps with him for $3000. They fall in love, and live happily ever after.
A lot of the other characters were unrealistic as well. Are we honestly expected to believe that the high-priced hotel staff would be THAT nice to Vivian? I understand that this is taken from "Pygmalian", but other versions (ie My Fair Lady) were less sexist and more realistic than this dribble. This movie teaches girls that wealthy men will save you, and that prostitution is a lively, cultured job with no disease, physical or mental harm, financial strife, or drug addiction.