Casting Couch

Casting Couch (1999) - Casting Couch doesn’t really need a lot of explanation. What kind of things can you imagine taking place on a casting couch? Yep, you got it. Just add a reasonably attractive hostess leading you from one story to the next, and you’ve got Casting Couch all figured out. This little film does come from the fine folks at Surrender Cinema, but I’m afraid you won’t see any of their real stars putting in an appearance. Sadly, that means no Jacqueline Lovell or Venesa Taylor. The girls in these “auditions” aren’t bad, though, and just for those who would complain about the exploitation of young actresses, even in a fictionalized portrayal such as this, there is one scene wherein a woman does a little exploiting of a man and, of course, another scene featuring a woman casting director trying to make sure an actress is going to be comfortable with the type of scene she is auditioning for. I’ll give this effort three stars, with one point deducted for the lack of any real Surrender Cinema starlets and another point deducted for the fact that I saw a little more than I really wanted to see of the actors.