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Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesLisa KennedyThe New York TimesLisa KennedyJones — who wrote, directed and stars in the film — doesn’t treat the tensions between exploitation and empowerment, personal agency and systemic cruelties, as binaries. Instead, they are riveting, confounding and, as exchanges between Jones and her mother attest, personal.
- 65TheWrapKatie WalshTheWrapKatie WalshJones sets out to find out if sex work is empowering, but what she discovers, and what we are reminded of over the course of Sell/Buy/Date, is that vulnerability and sharing your story, in whatever form that takes, is the most empowering way to be in the world.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe documentary material is informative and mind-opening. The mockumentary surrounding it is a bit of a drag, and lets the movie down.