She's a high-priced escort whose strict set of rules for dealing with clients allows her to maintain a seemingly healthy, honest relationship with her boyfriend, Chris ( Chris Santos), a personal trainer. Chelsea, the protagonist of The Girlfriend Experience, fits this description perfectly. He's not unemotional, it's just that the first question he asks himself about every directorial choice seems to be "how does this work" as opposed to "how does this feel?" And his main characters often start out with their emotions compartmentalized because his interest in them depends on finding the breaking point where they can no longer ignore their feelings. It is only towards the end that anything happens to upset the equilibrium of Chelsea's life, hinting at what Soderbergh might have achieved with a little more focus and a lot more plot.Steven Soderbergh is a cerebral filmmaker. The characters blur into each other, with the exception of one sleazy individual who persuades Chelsea he should get a free session in order to "review" her on his website.
It drifts along, as Chelsea goes from booking to booking, listening to her clients' business and personal problems at length - the "girlfriend experience" they are paying for.
Despite the subject matter and casting, the movie seems an oddly tepid affair.
Sasha Grey, a real-life porn actress, plays Christine, alias Chelsea, who we see balancing domestic life with her gym instructor boyfriend against her work as a high-class escort and prostitute during five days in October 2008 (just before the presidential election and the economic downturn). Steven Soderbergh returns to his roots here, and to the low-budget aesthetics and subject matter of 1989's sex, lies, and videotape, with which he first made his mark.
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