She's Lost Control

Name: She's Lost Control
Director: Anja Marquardt
Released: 2014

Anja Marquardt

2014

Synopsis

Ronah's life unravels when she starts working with a new client, Johnny.

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83
The A.V. Club
At its simplest, She’s Lost Control is a tale of girl meets boy (where “boy” is the lead’s latest client, Johnny, played by Marc Menchaca), and at its potential worst, just another attempt to probe the line between sex and self though the figure of the sex worker.
80
Los Angeles Times
She's Lost Control is a quiet triumph, a true herald of a distinctive and necessary voice in cinema.
63
Slant Magazine
Anja Marquardt feels the need to puff up her film with relatively artificial conflict that generally comes off as sops to screenwriting conventions.
60
Village Voice
Marquardt works many threads... but, while individually interesting, they're never woven into a truly compelling whole.
60
The Dissolve
Marquardt hasn’t thought of a unique take on this predictable scenario, she’s merely done an expert job of disguising it. Still, the first half does function as a impressive showcase for her formal chops, as well as for Bloom’s gorgeously empathetic performance.
60
New York Daily News
There’s a lot left unsaid in director Anja Marquardt’s chilly yet intimate and thought-provoking indie drama. But what should be said loud and clear is that actress Brooke Bloom is riveting. Emanating everyday grace and real depth, she plays a sex surrogate handling several needy and emotionally wounded clients.
60
The Hollywood Reporter
[Marquardt's] film sustains tension and is arrestingly lit and shot, exhibiting a sharp eye for expressive compositions and a persuasive feel for the sheer alienating physical density of New York City life.
50
The New York Times
She’s Lost Control sustains a mood of deepening alienation, but the attitude of the movie is too detached for it to be emotionally gripping, and its ending is botched.

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