Sex Doll

This article is about the film. For the type of sex toy, see Sex doll.
Sex Doll
Directed bySylvie Verheyde
Screenplay bySylvie Verheyde
Produced byBruno Berthemy
Bertrand Faivre
Soledad Gatti-Pascual
Release date
  • 7 December 2016 (2016-12-07) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguagesEnglish
French

Sex Doll is a 2016 drama thriller film, directed by Sylvie Verheyde, and produced by Bruno Berthemy, Bertrand Faivre, and Soledad Gatti-Pascual. The film stars Hafsia Herzi, Ash Stymest, and Karole Rocher in the lead roles.

Plot

Rupert (Ash Stymest) struggles to rescue Virginie (Hafsia Herzi) from a French escort. Virginie lives a double life, pretending to be a real estate agent with her family and an escort in reality. Rupert befriends her but has an agenda of his own. He is hired by family members of minors who are recruited by Virginie's boss. At an escort session wrong, Virginie's young colleague gets clobbered by the clients. Virginie rescues her, and Rupert helps them escape. Unfortunately, the relationship between Virginie and her boss sours. Virginie leaves, we see Rupert join her on the train.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0% based on five reviews.[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "Mixed or average reviews".[2]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "A high-rent prostitute becomes romantically involved with a man harboring a secret in Sylvie Verheyde's erotic thriller."[3]Decider wrote, "Writer/Director Sylvie Verheyde‘s Sex Doll is neither sexy, nor dolly (whatever that means)."[4][5] Gary Goldstein of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Tighter pacing, more dimensional and compelling characters, and twistier consequences could have helped better propel this dark, semi-intriguing tale."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sex Doll (2016)", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, retrieved 2021-10-10 Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Sex Doll, retrieved 2019-06-02
  3. ^ "'Sex Doll': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  4. ^ "'Sex Doll' On Netflix: European Prostitute Turns Some Tricks, Skips The Treats". Decider. 2017-07-16. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  5. ^ "Robot Wife: শারীরিক থেকে মানসিক সব সুখই দেবে! ব্যাচেলারদের দুঃখ ঘোচাতে 'রোবট বউ' নিয়ে এল চিন". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 8 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ Goldstein, Gary (9 February 2017). "European drama 'Sex Doll' is a meandering take on a high-end call girl". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-06-02.