Paying for It

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Paying for It

2024

1h 25m

Comedy

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When an introverted cartoonist's girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Paying for It becomes a provocative romance in the style of Pedro Almodóvar (check out those bold primary colours) crossed with a documentary about alternative life paths (many of the sex workers in the film are real). See where it goes.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 20, 2024

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Zachary Lee

RogerEbert.com

“Paying For It” displays a maturity and thoughtfulness all too rare when focusing on a subject like this.

Sep 11, 2024

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Kristy Strouse

Film Inquiry

Paying For It is a welcome surprise and a revelation in its version of storytelling.

Oct 8, 2024

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Sarah Gopaul

Digital Journal

The picture feels remarkably honest, in spite of its subject matter. Not only does the camera not turn away from Sonny and Chester’s relationship issues, but his relations with various sex workers are also on full display.

Sep 26, 2024

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

For all its frank sexuality, there is something disappointingly safe about Paying for It...

Rated: 2/4

Sep 24, 2024

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Courtney Small

That Shelf

Lee’s film challenges conventional notions of relationships by showing that they evolve in unpredictable ways.

Sep 9, 2024

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Synopsis

When an introverted cartoonist's girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process.

Director: Sook-Yin Lee
Producer: Matt Code, Sonya Di Rienzo, Aeschylus Poulos
Screenwriter: Sook-Yin Lee, Joanne Sarazen, Sook-Yin Lee, Joanne Sarazen
Production Co: Wilding Pictures, Hawkeye Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 25m