On the Doll (2007)
2/10
Is there a creepy side to sex?
14 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
When it's not consensual, sure. I give the makers of this movie an 8 out of 10 for effort as they skipped around many different subjects, and a 2 out of 10 for delivery. It's too often dull, sometimes unpleasant, often only showing the unpleasant aspects of sex and in once S&M scene, a little too hot for the rest of the movie, I mean, if they were going for when sex goes wrong, they shouldn't have made it quite so "Wow, I almost want to try that".

The movie fails on many levels. It's not fast paced but more stumbling from story to story, it doesn't effectively convey any message beyond oh-my-god-that's awful, it's got a little too much anger, too much disrespect and no heart. It's hard to feel any true connection to any of the characters.

Most of us have little doubt that there's a dark and horrible side to the sex industry and if you want to tell that in a story, make a documentary. If you want to tell it in fiction, follow the rules of fiction and give us a character we can relate to, that we can root for, that we can feel the struggle towards triumph or tragedy or occasional comedy like the Greeks outlined for proper fiction. This film tries to tell several stories, all of them lack heart and it fails to deliver.
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