The Center of the World

2001
5.8| 1h28m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 19 April 2001 Released
Producted By: Redeemable Features
Country: United States of America
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A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap dancer at a club. He's depressed, withdrawing from work, missing meetings with investors. He wants a connection, so he offers her $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas, and she accepts with conditions. Is mutual attraction stirring?

Genre

Drama, Romance

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Director

Wayne Wang

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Redeemable Features

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The Center of the World Audience Reviews

Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story
Pluskylang Great Film overall
Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.
evening1 Two people lost in the world somehow find each other.He is a nerdy, depressed Mr. Nice Guy, willing to pay to get close to people. She is a stripper who works out her anger as a drummer in her off-hours. When she tells him she won't let him get close, he takes it as a challenge.He wants to believe she's fundamentally normal, just great in bed. What she sees is a guy she can squeeze for money. Not understanding, or caring, what she's doing, he's willing to throw everything away for her. When she rejects his love, he's not such a nice guy after all. Yet they both keep going back for more.There is a tremendous amount of sex in this sordid Vegas-based movie and I sense it was used to pad a flimsy story. This film takes itself very seriously, but like time spent in Sin City, it doesn't amount to much.
metallicmoor This movie is absurd, vague, slow, abrupt and incomplete. But isn't that how life is? I wont take any sides but one thing is certain that the director has been able to keep it as close to life as any of our lives could be. This movie is not about unreal heroes, super-hot babes & witty dialogs. It has a millionaire loser for a hero and a shy hooker for a heroine, and their love which is not your run of the mill happy ending love story but love which is free from any bias and desires of the flesh. Picture this - A really hot woman, dressed in exotic lingerie acting all horny in front of you, but you don't feel a thing. You don't feel a thing because you want her to undress her heart,her mind,her soul and not her body which you know could be bought by money. The brilliance of this movie lies in the fact that despite he is given what he wanted( at least what he bargained for), he still feels incomplete and we as viewers experience this by ourselves,and that goes for one scene and the actors life as a whole too. While she never lets her guard open(though baring all for him) but finds herself helpless in the face of the goodness and respect which she perhaps never experienced before. She denies its love because she doesn't want to complicate things or probably also realizes that their love is not to be, but the matters have complicated already. A poignant tale of absurd, incomplete love and the absurd, incomplete life of our internet world.* Don't watch it for the sleaze, you might end up erecting your sensitive side instead.
malaquias It might not be a good movie for you to see in a movie theater, but it is actually quite a good R-Rated movie for watching at home during late hours. Too bad it doesn't end the way one comes to expect, but maybe it is closer to real life this way.
moviegoer Gee whiz, didn't realize I was setting out to watch a soft core porn movie! Could have been a very interesting story. Unfortunately, the main characters were devoid of emotional depth and lacked any interpersonal chemistry. In the end the story had nothing to do with love or even attraction, but just the power (and violence) that some people exert over each other. Thought the ending was perfect given the superficiality of the characters. Gave this 2 out of 10.