Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 09/03/2008
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Peace Arch Trinity
A handful of strangers living on the edge of Los Angeles' sex industry share a terrible secret in this
psychological drama.
Jimmy (
Paul Ben-Victor) is a small-time kingpin in California's underground sleaze empire, and he runs a strip club and peep-show arcade where
Tara (
Angela Sarafyan) displays her body for paying customers.
Tara is working off a sizable debt to
Jimmy, and her boyfriend,
Jaron (
Josh Janowicz), meets with
Jimmy's business partner
Uncle Lou (
Marcus Giamatti) to find out what it would cost to clear her bill. Eager to make some fast money to pay off
Jimmy,
Jaron teams up with
Balery (
Brittany Snow), a hooker who wants to get even with an abusive regular customer. One of
Jimmy's more unlikely colleagues is
Mr. Garrett (
Eddie Jemison), a high-school teacher who learns that two of his students,
Courtney (
Chloe Domont) and
Melody (
Candice Accola), are attracted to him.
Garrett decides to introduce the girls to
Jimmy, who wants to lure them into a career in pornographic modeling. And
Wes (
Clayne Crawford) is a self-centered musician whose career has yet to take off; needing money, he allows his girlfriend,
Chantel (
Shanna Collins), to earn their keep by working as a streetwalker. Also starring
Theresa Russell and
James Russo,
On the Doll was the first feature film from director
Thomas Mignone, who previously distinguished himself making
music videos.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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