Sensation
2010
You know what? Let's head to Ireland.
Sensation is a drama about Donal (Domhnall Gleeson, son of Brendan) whose
father has just died and left him with the farm. Feeling lonely and
desperate for female company, he finds a local escort service on the
Internet and chooses Courtney (New Zealand actress Luanne Gordon). They
meet and have relations and Donal becomes enraptured with her. When
Courtney (real name Kim) is kicked out of her house, Donal helps her by
letting her stay at his farm. While there, they hatch a plan to start
their own escort service with the apartment Donal is given by a
benefactor. They hire girls to join the service but things don't go to
plan. It seems it's illegal to run an unlicensed escort service.
A rather small film with not a lot of ambition
above telling a simple story about a lonely man and the prostitute he has
fallen hard for. It's an OK film, but its lack of ambition stops the film
from being better than it is. Donal is a rather ratty character, hard to
find sympathy for even when a nice local girl (played by Kelly Campbell)
takes a shine to him. He still wants his damaged goods.
Luanne Gordon film clips (collages below)
Tracey Green film clip, with Luanne Gordon
(collage below)
Kelly Campbell film clip
Madeline Alexe and Rachel McGlone film clip
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