Paying For It

Directed by Sook-Yin Lee

Film Movement

2024

85 Minutes

Canada

English

Comedy

Women Directors, Sex & Sexuality, Literature

Not Rated

Library Pricing:

DVD $150.00

Blu-ray $150.00

PPR $350.00

DRL $499.00

PPR+DRL $599.00

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Chester, a cartoonist, and Sonny, a TV host - are a long-term, committed romantic couple. When Sonny introduces the idea of opening up their relationship, Chester begins sleeping with sex workers, forcing him to face his issues with intimacy and romance in the process.

Based on the best-selling graphic novel by acclaimed alternative-cartoonist Chester Brown, Paying For It is a “provocative, hilarious and heartfelt” (The Globe and Mail) personal take on romance and relationships. From writer/director Sook-Yin Lee, the film “displays a maturity and thoughtfulness (...) in the messy contradictions we may hold about love” (RogerEbert.com).

Cast

Emily Lê
Dan Beirne
Andrea Werhun

Highest Rating
"Provocative, hilarious and heartfelt."

Barry Hertz, The Globe and Mail
Highest Rating
"With a distinctive voice that captures the contrasting desire for companionship with strictly carnal, no-strings-attached intimacy, the biggest triumph of “Paying For It” is the empathy it shows the sex workers themselves"

Ally Johnson, The Playlist
Highest Rating
"Quirky, thought-provoking and often explicit."

Joan MacDonald, Forbes
Highest Rating
"Displays a maturity and thoughtfulness (...) revels in the messy contradictions we may hold about love. It’s evident that Lee is already a master of tension and finding humor within people’s inconsistencies...."

Zachary Lee, RogerEbert.com
Highest Rating
"Lee and co-writer Joanne Sarazen do an admirable job of depicting – and destigmatising – the ins-and-outs of urban sex work...."

Adam Nayman, Sight & Sound
Highest Rating
"A welcome surprise and a revelation. “Paying For It" isn’t the movie you’d expect. But, it’s one you might love."

Kristy Strouse, Film Inquiry
Highest Rating
"A provocative new film, ‘Paying for It,’ takes an unflinching look at sex work and love...."

Peter Howell, Toronto Star
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"Sweet, wry, provocative and wonderful...."

Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
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"[T]he movie humanizes the story and presents the Sook-Yin character and Brown himself – as well as the sex workers – as real people, and likable ones at that."

Heidi MacDonald, Comics Beat