Review of Going Down in La-La Land (2011) by Eyal D — 16 Mar 2014

Strictly an LGBT film entry, GOING DOWN... begins by romanticizing the sordid aspects of Hollywood's porn and escort industry. At first a cotton candy coated variation of LA's underbelly with splashes of its ugly realities, the film veers half way into showing all that isn't nice.

However, disappointingly perhaps, it then resorts to a fairytale ending, a most disturbing way to cap off a movie about not selling yourself short. Oh well, the film certainly seems to want to have its cake and eat it.

And with such a vanilla lead and by virtue of its seaminess, combined, it sure does, to confusing yet somewhat satisfying results.