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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The smartest thing director Steven Soderbergh did in the making of The Girlfriend Experience was to cast Sasha Grey. Read full review

  • 100
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    The Girlfriend Experience is one of Steven Soderbergh's bite-size, semi-improvised, shot-on-DV doodles (like Bubble or Full Frontal), and it's the best one he's made. Read full review

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    This film is true about human nature. It is not universal, but within its particular focus, it is unrelenting. Read full review

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Stylishly shot on the high-def cheap, runs 77 potently sexless minutes. Its subject isn't erotica, it's commodities trading. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Ronnie Scheib

    Fascinating study of free enterprise in free fall. While it may disappoint thrill-seekers, "Girlfriend" should still delight Soderbergh fans and niche auds. Read full review

  • 70
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    When the turmoil of the last 12 months has receded and the 10th-anniversary deluxe collectors edition comes around, this strange, numb cinematic experience may seem fresh, shocking and poignant rather than merely and depressingly true. Read full review

  • 70
    Washington Post |

    The film manages a career-spanning panache: Soderbergh taps into the nervy impulses of his earliest endeavor, "sex, lies and videotape" as well as "Ocean's Eleven." The Girlfriend Experience has something to elevate and exasperate fans of both. Read full review

  • 63
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    It's hampered by a listless quality and a one-note performance by porn-star-turned-actress Sasha Grey. Read full review

  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk Honeycutt

    The effect is impressionistic and provocative, with the emphasis falling differently on scenes because of our knowledge or lack thereof. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times |

    A compelling monotony, but one that's never quite pleasure, never quite pain and, therefore, never quite an experience. Read full review

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