ross-bob I watched this film three times yesterday. The first time for the sex, but the next two times increasingly aware that these sex workers were not actors (except for Mss. Hannah and Richards). Having to sit close to the TV screen to read the translation sub-titles was annoying, but what they were saying was must-read material. Wow. They don't mince any words. A sense of danger permeates all interviews, even the guys who try to pretend it's all in good fun. The strongest point of the film for me was the number of countries in Europe in which the action takes place. So many! And the girls who were sex-trafficked from Eastern Europe were the scariest witnesses. The deep connection between drug addiction and sex-working mirrored exactly the law-enforcement problems we're having here in Maryland, where the sex-trafficking trade is breaking out into the open. I loved this film, and not just for the sex. $6,000.000.00 well spent to inform us that prostitution has got to be legalized and regulated in the USA.

clue1345-1 When I heard about this film I thought that it was going to be a dumb porno about prostitutes or superficial like some other programs that I have seen that tried to tap into the true world of prostitutes. I decided to give it a chance because I knew and respected the work of the American actresses in the film. I felt that this movie was very artistically done and I loved the mixture of languages, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Hungarian, English etc. This mixture of language displayed how widespread this profession is. In this movie a variety of prostitutes were shown from girls working with agencies, to girls working alone to girls trying to do porn. It also showed some of the male's perspectives of the business and their involvement. I especially liked how it touched on human trafficking and sex slaves because many people do not know that some prostitutes are forced into the profession. Overall an extremely well done movie.

batzi8m1 I saw this on Showtime, just before the 147th showing of Spidergirl.This gives you an idea of what we're talking about here. T&A between interviews of Ho's Pimps and Gigolos from the legal trade.OK in the beginning they all talk like it's their choice and what they want. By the end they're whining about wanting to get out and have a normal family with kids and all that. Right down to the interview with the faceless Russian mobster talking about force, violence and keeping the passports to keep the girls working for them. All pure stereotype and nothing we haven't seen better before by real documentaries. Oh except they have flashy sexy sets from inside tacky euro-trash whorehouses complete with the red satin and mirrors.Denise Richards and Darryl Hannah provide the titillation to keep the viewer interested with one of those horribly lame plots like you get in soft core porn like the Red Shoe Diaries.A long time ago Umberto Eco wrote an essay on how to tell if you're watching a porno film. If the drive to the house takes way too long as a setup ... ie. if the fluff is just to fill time then that's what you got.Not the worst ... by far ... of porn producers trying to justify themselves.Personally Spiderbabe was much better.

Michael O'Keefe YO PUTA aka WHORE is fusion of fact and fiction in a semi-documentary style as a young woman(Daryl Hannah)schedules interviews in completing her book exploring the secrets of the oldest profession in the world...sex. European 'escorts', pimps and johns discuss the pros and cons of prostitution; some with pride and others with frank regret. The sex trade can stupefy and titillate with a thin line separating pleasure from pain. It is a means of gaining independence, but at the same time put a high price on the cost of human self worth. Denise Richards is cast as student working on an anthropology PH.D. and considering prostitution as a way to pay the bills; being a virgin proves to get in the way. Strong sexual content and some nudity equal an R rating; but a large percent of the film is subtitled and may sustain flaccidity.