7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Drama • 2021 • 108 min
Pleasure (2021)
Pleasure (2021)
Overview
Pleasure follows Bella Cherry, a young woman who arrives in Los Angeles with aspirations of becoming a top adult film star. The film leans Progressive, offering a direct critique of institutional exploitation and gender imbalances in the adult entertainment industry. Through its portrayal of Bella's journey, it highlights the dehumanizing practices and power dynamics performers face, often casting male figures in a negative light. The narrative supports themes of feminist critique and labor rights while normalizing a lifestyle that diverges from traditional relationship or family norms, making it a clear fit for the progressive label.
Starring Cast
Sofia Kappel • Zelda Morrison • Evelyn Claire
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Trans: Neutral
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Viewer Rating
7.2
Overview
Pleasure follows Bella Cherry, a young woman who arrives in Los Angeles with aspirations of becoming a top adult film star. The film leans Progressive, offering a direct critique of institutional exploitation and gender imbalances in the adult entertainment industry. Through its portrayal of Bella's journey, it highlights the dehumanizing practices and power dynamics performers face, often casting male figures in a negative light. The narrative supports themes of feminist critique and labor rights while normalizing a lifestyle that diverges from traditional relationship or family norms, making it a clear fit for the progressive label.
Starring Cast
Sofia Kappel • Zelda Morrison • Evelyn Claire
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Political: Strong Left
Confidence: Medium
The film's central thesis explicitly critiques systemic exploitation, power imbalances, and the objectification of women within the adult film industry, aligning with progressive feminist and labor-focused ideologies. It meticulously details the challenges and dehumanizing aspects faced by performers, making a clear statement about the industry's inherent issues.
Diversity: High
Confidence: High
The film features a visibly diverse cast that authentically represents the adult film industry. Its narrative directly critiques the exploitative power dynamics prevalent in the industry, often portraying male figures in positions of authority negatively due to their treatment of female performers.
Secondary
Trans: Neutral
Confidence: Low
The film "Pleasure" includes a transsexual character, Zelda Morrison, who plays herself as an adult film performer. Her portrayal is incidental, presenting her as a professional within the industry without her trans identity being a central narrative focus or a source of either affirmation or denigration. She is part of the diverse ensemble cast depicting the realities of the adult entertainment world.
Family Values: Strongly Progressive
Confidence: Medium
The film portrays a protagonist who has completely detached from traditional family structures and parental influence, pursuing a career in the adult film industry where sexual freedom and transactional relationships are normalized, thereby depicting a lifestyle antithetical to traditional family values.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
The film 'Pleasure' does not feature identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative exclusively follows a heterosexual woman's journey through the mainstream adult film industry, focusing on her experiences and the industry's dynamics without engaging with queer identities or related issues.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film features original characters created for its narrative. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, history, or prior installments whose gender could have been altered.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Pleasure" features original characters created for its narrative, without pre-existing source material, prior installments, or historical figures whose race was previously established. Consequently, no character in the film meets the definition of a race swap.
Hinduism: N/A
Confidence: High
Not depicted in the film.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.3
Critic Ratings
8.8
7.5
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