Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15150 in VHS
• Released on: 1998-01-01
• Rating: NC-17
• Formats: Color, Special Edition, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of tapes: 1
• Running time: 90 minutes

Customer Reviews

Wow!!!! absolutely fantastic!!!!
This movie is a cultural phenomonon. A feast of the senses. Powerful performance by theresa russel. She played a wonderful whore. Convincing. Breathtaking imagery. This movie deserves six stars!!!

Bottoms Up?
Being a long time Theresa Russell fan I approached this film hesitantly. Theresa has been known to take on projects that most actresses would be too scared to take. This role for instant was thrown back by Oscar worthy famous actress Michele "Throw Me a Bone Here" Pfifer. Theresa is a gambler....a rebel....a diva ala extrodinaire. When she takes a project she is basically marking a huge bullseye on her rear end and sticking her target out for every critic to take his/her best shot. With "Whore" Theresa takes her character through a deep emotional journey to the far and deep nether regions we common people know as "the gutter." (a.k.a. rock bottom) Well Theresa.....I'VE BEEN THERE and sister you have shown everyone that a nite at the Cherry Motel is NO LAUGHING MATTER! What is the sum of 2+2? Ask Theresa. Her monologues are sheer genius. The look of the film is extremely stylized. Many people don't know this but a young Kevin Aucoin did the make-up on all of the whores. (did he also do the bullseye on theresa's bum? har har)

PLEASE.....If you have a young daughter she needs to see this film. It will teach her that being a street walker just "ain't no fun." I recently heard Dr. Laura touting this film for educational purposes in Jr. High Schools because of it's strong moral content.

Whether it's Double Entry or Half and Half you can always rely on Miss Russell to deliver a virtuosity of performances. PLEASE KEN PLEASE...WE are BEGGING for director and STAR commentary on the DVD release! Ladies and

Ho ho ho!
Director Ken Russell has never been accused of understatement, and this in-your-face character study of a jaded streetwalker is no exception. Theresa Russell chews major scenery in the lead role. The film has been misunderstood by viewers who miss the black comic undertones (I find it interesting that in 2006, no one blinks at Amy Sedaris' broad portrayal of a 42 year-old ex-hooker going back to high school on Comedy Central's "Strangers With Candy", but we still have reviewers tsk-tsking over Russell's 1991 treatment of the subject!) There are pacing issues that betray the story's stage play origins. Russell's character addresses the audience throughout, making the story a bit "talky" at times. In fact, characters in the film spend much more time TALKING about sex than actually engaging in it! Definitely a cult item. Currently not available on DVD, but used VHS copies can tracked down. Beware of the butchered "R" rated prints; the uncut "European" version contains 7 extra minutes (the excised scenes are actually tame by current standards). A note to my fellow reviewer regarding Ms. Russell's marital status: She is NOT married to Ken Russell, but to director Nicholas Roeg.