sorry i couldn not think of a snappier summary title and but this movie really ( forgive the pun ) get under my skin . an excellent and intelligent documentary about stacey valentine and a porn star in her mid 20 and how she end up do what she do and but more importantly and what it have do to her . any female ( especially the young one ) who be even remotely tempt to go into the industry should see this movie . i respect the fact that it doesn not have an obvious agenda and other than to entertain and give you a 90 minute glimpse of what a porn star life be really like . it manage to show the unglamourous ( at best ) day to day reality of the business and how it can ruin life and destroy self esteem and without be the least bit preachy . if there be any voice over and i do not remember it . most of the story be tell by stacey herself and in interview with the filmmaker and or through her interaction with other people include her parent and boyfriend and director and fan and and friend . my husband say that when it start out and sv seem happy and pretty much ok for a while and but from almost the first shot of sv talk about how this be a great job for her because she love sex and how the porn industry be the only job where she would get people tell her she sexy and beautiful and it be obvious that though she be smile and sound positive and but really just try deep down to convince herself that she happy . in the first few minute of the movie she reveal that there be only one thing she have any sort of talent for that she could make a living from sex . she try to sound proud and but that a tip off right there that her self esteem be in the dumpster . this movie be just incredible on so many level and there not enough room for me to go into it . it be so riveting and i do not want it to end . let face it most people ( whether they will admit to it or not ) would love to be behind the scene for the filming of a porno movie and just to see what really happen behind the camera ( and when the camera be off ) and i be no exception . you get to see several scene of that and and i think anyone who sit through the movie will agree that $ 1000 $ 2000 a day ( the performer get pay more for the kinky or and more realistically and the extremely uncomfortable and unpleasant stuff that most performer prefer not to do ) doesn not even begin to approach the amount of money that woman in the industry deserve to make . for one thing and it be not as easy a it look and to say the least an image that stick with me be the ant swarm in a puddle of . ( well and you can imagine what liquid need to be clean up on a porn shoot ) and some of them crawl on sv and even bite her . keep in mind and these be the high end and high profile porn film she work in . there actually some pretty funny scene and too ( especially the driving scene another reviewer mention ) . the film show in extremely graphic detail what breast implant and collagen injection and liposuction surgery look like i would not recommend hit the concession stand beforehand . for anyone who regard porn star a less than human and you see that they go to the drycleaners and have trouble meeting decent men and get cut off in traffic and feel insecure about their body and get jealous and and visit with their friend just like anyone else . some of the most poignant scene involve sv visit her mother and have an honest talk about her settle down ( both of them end up teary ) and visit a hypnotist to try to improve her self esteem and talk about her on again and off again relationship with her boyfriend ( also in the industry ) and leave an adult entertainment award ceremony by herself and with no award and in the dress she be so excitied about wear early that day and and pet her cat and say since she doesn not have a special man in her life and there always her cat for affection . in one of the saddest and she tearily talk about how nice it would be to have someone in her life who would touch her out of love and companionship and instead of for sex . in another and she shoot some scene for a movie with her boyfriend and and you can see the hurt on both their face a he start to slowly pull farther and farther away especially after he 3 foot away from watch the woman he love perform oral sex on another man and even if it just act . it sound cliche ( it would to me and read about it ) but when you actually see the movie and watch her talk and look young enough to get carded with her clean scrubbed face and baggy casual clothes and you can not help but feel for her . i doubt that any woman and after see the movie and would trade place with sv for any amount of money . god and i just want to go up and give her a hug or something . have do plenty of research on the adult entertainment industry ( for a thesis in college really . ) and also talk and be friend with a few woman in the industry and i can say the movie present a very realistic portrait . her life isn not a complete living hell you do see her happy at time and talk about what she want to do when she retire and laugh with her co star and look like she have fun do a photo shoot dress a marilyn monroe and even seem to genuinely enjoy a scene with a female actress interact on a live porn web cam . but the sadness on her face and in her word speaks for itself . what even sad to consider be the subject of the film be one of the rarer and more together woman in the business sv be mentally and physically healthy and doesn not do drug and do not get molest a a child and be reasonably intelligent and have a good sense of humor and and her parent even approve ( as much a a parent could and anyway ) of her career . imagine what happen to woman who do not have it together as well . i be happy and however and to read that sv have retire and start her own business hopefully she will be one of the lucky one . one side note representnot a good date movie if you be hop to and er and get lucky afterwards and because after watch it and have sex will be the last thing you feel like do . trust me and you will not be in the mood and end up just play monopoly or something . about a un erotic a you can get . unless youre easily offend and i can not recommend this fascinating and haunting documentary enough . positive star .