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The Client List

The Client List

Drama · TV Movie · 2010

After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she unknowingly accepts a position at a massage parlor.

Movie details

The Client List

“A mother will do anything for her family.”

2010 Drama · TV Movie 1h 28m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

After she and her husband lose their jobs, a former Texas homecoming queen inadvertently finds herself in the middle of a prostitution ring after she unknowingly accepts a position at a massage parlor.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Eric Laneuville

Written by

Suzanne Martin

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Samantha Horton

Teddy Sears

Teddy Sears

Rex Horton

Sonja Bennett

Sonja Bennett

Dee

Lynda Boyd

Lynda Boyd

Jacie

Chelah Horsdal

Chelah Horsdal

Doreen

Heather Doerksen

Heather Doerksen

Tanya

Kacey Rohl

Kacey Rohl

Emma Hollings

Court is in session

Put The Client List on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.