IslandGuru Who payed the critics

Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Konterr Brilliant and touching

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

OneEightNine Media An eye-opening documentary which follows a girl and some of her co-workers just starting out in "the industry." Totally a must watch. I am almost tempted to watch the follow up to this but I honestly do want to see anymore. It is just to sad to watch these girls getting taken advantage of by these twisted people out to make cash at any cost. And apparently the average girl doesn't even last a year! So there will be a bunch of dirty videos of the poor girl up on the internet forever just because she was naive and did not know what she was getting into. Why hasn't anyone tried to regulate this industry yet? There are a zillion Bible-thumping congressmen and senators but not a single one is doing anything about this? I smell backroom deals and payoffs.

nessadalloway You should judge something for what it is, not for what you want it to be or thought it would be. This documentary is not about the whole porn industry but about young girls who think that they will be successful by doing this. Have you seen the pictures uploaded by young girls nowadays? One of the girls in the film says she feels confident when men tell her how beautiful she is, it's the same with women showing their bodies on Facebook and Instagram, they think that being hot and slutty is "cool", that's how they validate themselves. That is the type of porn stars this film is about. Although the girls have different personalities and points of view, most of them agree, at some point, that it's degrading. They do it for the money and "fame". It's an easy way out for so many women who think that doing this is actually something to be proud of. Not every single woman has the choice, some of them might be forced to do it but I do wonder if the majority of porn stars do it because they don't have another choice... I really don't think so. I might be wrong but come on, you can clearly see that many young girls in the states actually see this as an option to make good money and be independent, and why? because it's OK now, as I've mentioned before, it's actually cool. They don't see the whole picture, those videos are going to be there forever, friends will see them and situations like the one experienced by one of these girls at a party are going to happen more than once.The fact that so many young girls are into this is worrying, what's the problem with doing a documentary about this particular side of the industry?

NoFleshShallBeSpared I definitely fit into a polar stance immediately with this sort of subject matter, which I then try to reason myself away from in an attempt to absorb the rationale of who creates this sort of work that demonizes (Oh no, surprise, surprise, I too, have been involved in porn!) a previous profession. But for what purpose? Stigma, nothing more, and here you DO get to see it in all it's contrived made-for- TV glory. Here is where the real weakness in this production is, first off, the ad campaign for this flick essentially gave away the better comments/shots in this movie (as advertising is prone to do currently, sure.) Secondly, The most relatable and telling part is the house atmosphere; I lived in a house like that and got that vibe of creeping exploitation that does prey on the uninformed and ill- educated. Third, no real analysis of how production companies operate, only the fallout and hearsay as filtered through a emotive lens. Plus, let's just go ahead and focus on the sad story and not the more interesting (or at least nuanced) stories of the other performers. There's lip service paid to proliferation of camera technology in the last decade that essentially creates the fast-paced commodity culture that is what seems to be sucking the art out of porn. So what your left with is sensationalism, of a prevaricated, but very real viewpoint that unfortunately gets boiled down to the kind of desperation that would cause someone to accept money for further exploitation of not just (the sanitized bits) of your porn life, but your personal one as well. I concur that these are very much the kind of girls that get passed on in professional porn, so the amateur market tends to be the way to go for them, and if you have the kind of manager portrayed here, you got the dime-a-dozen losers that have no solid public relations skills (but it's no surprise given our fly-by-night capitalist wingnut culture that allows what is fleeting-moment-sex-art to thrive by managers like this one to essentially flourish.) It's the reality that these performers are faced with, but the movie chooses to begrudgingly accept, rather than engage with serious focus on the next possible evolution of the amateur porn market and how it would affect them.No mention of how the forced oral sites got funded (I saw these sites advertised for like a month or 3, then on to cute girls on webcams) so I don't see much of the economic forces having to be accountable to what could be described as potentially harmful to future employment material. Where values and market forces honestly meet aren't given much value in this as much as just trying to get you to feel sorry for the girl from the conservative hunter head- bender background having to admit she was a porn star to her daddy (I wonder what they told him the cameras were there for?) You see a boyfriend add to the double guilt trip laid on by her parents, but you don't see the typical suitcase pimp boyfriend that would be extra chummy with Mr. House Manager hanging about going, "that bondage ain't so bad, you know." This movie does do something unforgivable as far as enlightening anything to do with porn, but sex work in general, is to add to the stigma by denigrating forced oral and BDSM as beneath them. The fact you see no real thoughtful response on that shows how toxic the hard-to-regulate industry can be with regards to wimmin in this society, and in particular this house with the laissez-faire YOLO attitude. I, at least wanted thoughtful dialogue about the cyst that developed on one performer, but no (my theory on that, by-product of hours of uncomfortable porn sex with condoms and not enough lube, but I would of really liked the doc's answer on that.)In the end, on the amateur market, if you wanted better performers, they would have a better negotiation apparatus to utilize and be snubbed for the less expensive girls you see here. Also, the cinematography does nothing to really get you to know these girls in any meaningful way. In short, it objectifies and rattles it's subject for the right, I'd guess, reality TV feel. It didn't quite work for me at all, and just reeked of laconic porn-bashing. It's bad enough porn isn't physically designed not to be the most pleasant thing in the world, now it has to be a sorority-sister secret-shame time. It recalls The Real Cancun in it's essence, just with more editing techniques scrapped together from the last decade. If you ask me, shifting attitudes about porn is going to take a better effort than this one.

Nicole of ArchonCinemaReviews.com As a case study and glimpse behind the curtain of the amateur porn world, Hot Girls Wanted is an interesting and captivating tale. As a documentary, however, it lacks the scope and comprehension to delve deeper into the subject on a grander, more impactful scale.Premiering at Sundance Film Festival this year, audiences were a-buzz by the sensational subject matter and taken aback by the rare and untold story of how young girls barely out of high school find themselves in the adult film industry.The candor and frankness of the girls whose stories we are told in this documentary is shocking in its nonchalance. We learn that the normal career span of a 'barely-18′ porn star is three to six months. And when their time runs out after engaging in more fetishized and abuse oriented videos, a new crop of 'talent' is swiftly found with yesterday's Craigslist advertisement.The disposable nature in which these girls are treated in this microcosm of the porn industry is concerning and disheartening. And yet, the shock and outrage quickly dissipates as the documentary progresses and we spend more and more time in the sheltered environment. Most of this information should be old news to anyone who knows anything about the porn industry, and Hot Girls Wanted may only be illuminative to the most naive viewer.With no greater consequences of the potentially dangerous amateur porn occupation these girls expose themselves to, Hot Girls Wanted is merely an interesting film that sheds light on the subject. Film viewers will feel for the girls, but also be frustrated by their foolishness, and without any greater significance, will forget the film.Please check out our website for full reviews of all the recent releases.