Serviced (2019)

January 28, 2023 12:45 PM

Serviced explores touch based service businesses including cuddling, erotic massage, sex surrogacy and sex work. (NSFW: nudity [butts], talk of sex work)

No reviews at all on Rotten Tomatoes; available on Tubi and Vudu in the U.S., as well as on various for-pay sites. JustWatch listing.

posted by johnofjack (1 comment total)

I most liked the parts where workers or clients talked about the overlap between human needs and intersectional issues (homophobia, racism, sexism, ableism), but I was also pleasantly surprised by the scene where the cuddler is teaching a client boundaries and how to decline something politely. That's the kind of work which would be perfectly at home in a traditional therapy setting.

Though I liked the movie in general, I was glad that it didn't try to spin this out into a two-hour feature. 45 minutes seemed the right length for the story and the interview subjects they had.
posted by johnofjack at 12:47 PM on January 28, 2023