Pretty Good

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

If you like escapist cinema, then "The Pornographer" is not for you. This film probes, with painful honesty, the depths of one man's isolation. It contains far less sexual content than one would expect from the title alone.Its message is neither pro-pornography nor anti-pornography; rather, porn serves as a metaphor for any type of artificially constructed pleasure that is more illusory than real. By showing that no lasting fulfillment can be found in the material world alone, director Doug Atchison defies the industry in which he works. It's a wonder this film ever got made.

It doesn't take much thinking about the porn industry to realise that the issues involved with it are complex. To its credit this film manges to present most of the issues lucidly and without moralising. There are a heap of problems with the coherence and logic of the script, but the characters are strong and credible, which helps to overcome this to some extent. The film attempts to analyse users and makers of, and participants in, porno videos and continues with this as the theme throughout until the concocted ending, which like a few other situations within the plot (for example the arranged second meeting with the girl in the park) is quite irritating. No doubt like a lot of other viewers I kind of wish that I could have taken the script and ironed out the problems with it, as it does have a lot of strengths.

Simply put, I saw this movie on Cinemax late one night. I thought for sure with a title like The Pornographer I would be looking at an entirely different kind of picture. I loved it. I especially noticed Monique Parents performance which was believable and wonderful! She hasn't been able to show off her talent that often in most of her films. I would say see this picture... expecting something different and you will love it.

I really enjoyed this film. The story was well written, and you truly feel for the main character...Katheryn Cain is excellent in her role, and someone you should look for in the future! This was one of those movies that I wanted to buy as soon as I finished watching it...highly recommended!