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Working Girls

1986

Lizzie Borden

Amanda Goodwin, Louise Smith, Deborah Banks, Liz Caldwell ...

6.7

104

Drama A day in the life of several prostitutes in an upscale Manhattan whore house. The film is a stark portrayal of the women prostitutes, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her "girls". Watch as she answers the phone by saying "Hello John, what's new and different?" Watch as the "johns" try to manipulate the "girls". Part nudie exploitation, part sociological thesis.

	Media	Author	Review
		Vincent Canby The New York Times	'''Working Girls' is not quite as serene - and certainly not as passive - as it initially seems, and this is the film's achievement"
		Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"Well photographed by Judy Irola ('Northern Lights') [the film] will keep you brooding about its issues for days afterward"
		Pat Graham Chicago Reader	"Surprisingly restrained (...) Borden avoids most of the ideological traps (...) [and reveals], like an anthropologist on a meticulous structural binge, the social dynamics of the trade"
		Time Out	"Where Wiseman's seemingly neutral recording of a nightmare works, Borden's calculated dramatic reconstruction falters as one set of stereotypes is substituted for another"
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Working Girls' has a lot of fascinating stuff in it, but most of it has to do with management and capitalism, not sex (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

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