This is a slightly interesting film that moves very deliberately and not much happens.
It is primarily the story of an 18-yr-old L.A. area girl that takes off to San Francisco to make her path in life. What does an attractive girl with no particular skill do for money? This one found her way into the porn industry, starting with girl-on-girl and eventually to girl-guy stuff, and eventually to the producer who screens new talent.
Ashley Hinshaw, who was probably 22, is Angelina, and when she gets into the adult film roles calls herself 'Cherry.' She travels there with her good friend, Dev Patel as Andrew, who views her as his ideal girl, but that romance was never to be.
She meets a guy who claims to be an attorney, but we never see him practicing law, and seems to always be high. He is her boyfriend but when he tells her that her profession disgusts her there isn't much left. He is played by James Franco as Frances.
I had put this movie on my list a couple of years ago when I noted that Heather Graham is in it, but here she just plays one of the porn producers who is in an 8-year lesbian relationship.
This movie earns its 'R' rating with language and some nudity and some simulated sex, but overall pretty tame for the subject. Several of the actresses are actually in the porn film business.
And interesting movie, it probably portrays that industry fairly accurately, and how pretty young girls with no particular direction in life get into the business. But it is just interesting and its rating is about right.
SPOILERS: In the end when her guy friends don't pan out she becomes the new partner of Heather Graham's character. True love is not depicted, I got the impression it was more a relationship of convenience and, when you spend your time 'at work' in bed with guys, you don't really need one at home also.
It is primarily the story of an 18-yr-old L.A. area girl that takes off to San Francisco to make her path in life. What does an attractive girl with no particular skill do for money? This one found her way into the porn industry, starting with girl-on-girl and eventually to girl-guy stuff, and eventually to the producer who screens new talent.
Ashley Hinshaw, who was probably 22, is Angelina, and when she gets into the adult film roles calls herself 'Cherry.' She travels there with her good friend, Dev Patel as Andrew, who views her as his ideal girl, but that romance was never to be.
She meets a guy who claims to be an attorney, but we never see him practicing law, and seems to always be high. He is her boyfriend but when he tells her that her profession disgusts her there isn't much left. He is played by James Franco as Frances.
I had put this movie on my list a couple of years ago when I noted that Heather Graham is in it, but here she just plays one of the porn producers who is in an 8-year lesbian relationship.
This movie earns its 'R' rating with language and some nudity and some simulated sex, but overall pretty tame for the subject. Several of the actresses are actually in the porn film business.
And interesting movie, it probably portrays that industry fairly accurately, and how pretty young girls with no particular direction in life get into the business. But it is just interesting and its rating is about right.
SPOILERS: In the end when her guy friends don't pan out she becomes the new partner of Heather Graham's character. True love is not depicted, I got the impression it was more a relationship of convenience and, when you spend your time 'at work' in bed with guys, you don't really need one at home also.