Hot Girls Wanted is a 2015 American pornography directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus. The film follows the lives of several 18- and 19-year-old pornographic actresses. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix on May 29, 2015.
Synopsis
Several 18- to 25-year-old young women are interviewed about their experiences as pornography performers. Several women, including Rachel Bernard (from Illinois) and Tressa Silguero (from Texas) are recruited by a 23-year-old pro-amateur porn agent Riley Reynolds to live in his North Miami Beach home. [2] Reynolds’s agency is called Hussie Models. [3] Silguero, 19, leaves the business. [4]
Production
The film was originally conceived as an exploration of the consumption of pornography on college campuses. The filmmakers abandoned this idea when they discovered that they were mostly watching pornographic videos starring young women. Curious about why a large number of young women were entering the industry, the film was reoriented to tell their story. [5] Further edits took place after the Sundance premiere to address the filmmakers identified during screenings. Following discussions with the public on Twitter, some of the film’s statements were also clarified. [6]
Release
Hot Girls Wanted premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival . [7] Netflix picked up the film for distribution [8] and released it on May 29, 2015. [9]
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , reports that the film has a positive review; The average rating is 6.5 / 10. [10] Geoff Berkshire of Variety wrote, “An intimate and ultimately harrowing peek inside the world of amateur porn, Hot Girls Wanted will shock and outrage audiences in equal measure.” [1] Leslie Felperin of The Hollywood Reporter called it a “rigorous, timely study”. [11] Jordan Hoffman of The Guardian rated it 2/5 stars and wrote, “If you were in the dark about the potential dangers for young women of employment in the porn industry, this documentary may prove instructive.
Reynolds and two of his performers said that the film focuses too much on the worst-case scenarios. Regardless, Reynolds said the film has inspired young women to enter pornography. [14]
TV series
Hot Girls Wanted was released in the six-part documentary series Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On , which was released on April 21, 2017 on Netflix . [15]
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b Berkshire, Geoff (2015-01-27). “Sundance Film Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted ‘ ” . Variety . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Morefield, Kenneth R. (2015-05-29). “Hot Girls Wanted” . Christianity Today . Retrieved 2015-06-15 .
- Jump up^ Snow, Aurora (2015-06-13). “‘Hot Girls Wanted’ Is Pornsploitation: The Porn Industry Fights Back” . The Daily Beast . Retrieved 2017-04-10 .
- Jump up^ Hynes, Eric (2015-01-25). “Hot Girls Wanted” . Sundance Film Festival . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Thurston, Michael (2015-01-27). “Grim world of teen porn exposed in Sundance documentary” . The Daily Telegraph . Agence France-Presse . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Canfield, David (2015-06-10). “7 Big Reveals From the Directors of ‘Hot Girls Wanted ‘ ” . Indiewire . Retrieved 2016-03-25 .
- Jump up^ Cohen, Sandy (2015-01-25). “Sundance Doc ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ Explores Amateur Porn” . ABC News . Associated Press . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Lang, Brent (2015-02-01). “Sundance: Netflix Picks Up Porn Documentary ‘Hot Girls Wanted ‘ ” . Variety . Retrieved 2015-02-01 .
- Jump up^ Brown, Eric Renner (2015-05-29). “Watch the new trailer for Hot Girls Wanted, Netflix doc about amateur porn industry” . Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2015-05-29 .
- Jump up^ “Hot Girls Wanted (2015)” . Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 2016-04-09 .
- Jump up^ Felperin, Leslie (2015-01-26). ” ‘ Hot Girls Wanted’: Sundance Review” . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Hoffman, Jordan (2015-01-28). “Sundance 2015 review: Hot Girls Wanted – Newsflash! Porn Can Exploit!” . The Guardian . Retrieved 2015-01-29 .
- Jump up^ Hale, Mike (2015-05-27). “Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted,’ About the Choices Actresses in Pornography Make ‘ . The New York Times . Retrieved 2015-05-29 .
- Jump up^ Shepard, Susan E. (2015-06-05). “We talked to the guy from ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ about what it’s like to be a porn agent . “The Daily Dot . Retrieved 2016-03-25 .
- Jump up^ Gennis, Sadie. “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On: Watch the Trailer for Rashida Jones’ Docuseries” . TV Guide . Retrieved 22 March 2017 .