Laconically-narrated doc about the modern porn biz; it's none too flattering and I doubt any halfways honest movie could be. A few obvious sad stories are followed, which tend to only get more dire as they go on - particularly the story of an eager young starlet whose mother supports her decision through a look of barely-suppressed worry, which piles on one saddening climax after another until I just about felt sick. Nothing even remotely erotic is featured; the making of porn is by all accounts about as sexy as watching a dishwasher in action.
Lots of interesting people are featured, very few of which could be described as likable. Of the women who are shown in any depth, one can't miss the impression that they all wish they'd stayed far away from the industry. The most powerful moments were courtesy not of a performer, but of a performer's sister, who shares some insights and disappointments.
Not ham-fistedly judgmental - there's certainly enough simpleminded propaganda about the evils of the industry, rooted in the assumption that pornography is inherently evil - but not by a long shot the kind of apologism one might expect from an attemptedly serious doc about porn.
