The Escort (2015)
Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute.
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Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Since the first 20 - 30 minutes you're gonna start guessing what's gonna happen, anyway, it's not that long so you can handle all the predicted story.
I thought that it was a brave role for the lead Lyndsy Fonseca, who from outward appearances at least, seems to have delicate sensibilities. In my opinion she doesn't really pull it off and doesn't convince me that she could be a prostitute, high class escort or not.I have seen her in the Kick Ass franchise and believe that she would be more suited to the rom-com genre.As to the rest of the cast, I liked the character of her father, who was a regular in Hercules the legendary Journeys and Xena. He is a versatile actor whose talents haven't been exploited to the full in my opinion.I also liked the rest of the characters but was not totally enamoured with the film as a whole. It seemed to tread a well worn path and didn't elicit any emotion from me, bar the final scene, which I had hoped would end differently.
The picture/poster they choose to use for this movie is as provocative as it gets. It's beautiful! The film itself was lukewarm in all regards. I think Lyndsey would be perfectly cast as Kitty Pryde in an X-Men film. Loved her in Kick-Ass. I don't like any of these characters. I don't relate to any of them either. Who is this film for? Seems to me it's an attempt at film making by children with ultra rich parents.
The Escort is in the news these days, college girls paying their tuition by prostitution. Yet this rather cute rom/com is about a Stanford grad who winds up doing just that, too. But, this flick shouldn't be compared to Pretty Woman...although more lightweight, it still entertains and keeps your attention.The plot is predictable, a journalist trying to do a story on call girls meets one and is allowed to shadow her providing he acts as her quasi pimp...He eventually falls for her and she for him...in this way it's a bit like the classic Irma Le Douce.I'm always amazed how decent films like this one never really make it on the big screens.