Review of The Center of the World (2001) by Paul N — 11 Nov 2009
A lonely computer geek offers a stripper ten thousand dollars to go to Vegas with him for a weekend. What should have been a simple arrangement turns into an interesting, if a little underwritten and not entirely plausible, character study.
Molly Parker as the stripper is emotionally unavailable and manipulative. Peter Sarsgaard is a dot com millionaire nerd who means well, but he comes off very creepy, completely clueless on how to interact with other people, especially women.
Shot on digital camera with intentionally cheap-looking zooms, the whole movie has a voyeuristic nature to it. With the addition of the natural performances, it is pretty unsettling to watch.
This review of The Center of the World (2001) was written by Paul N on 11 Nov 2009.
The Center of the World has generally received mixed reviews.
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