Elektra Luxx (2011)

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Recently retired from the adult film industry, superstar Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino) is pregnant with the child of late rock star Nick Chapel. She is trying to make ends meet by teaching a community college sex education class aimed at housewives when a figure from her past, flight attendant Cora… More Recently retired from the adult film industry, superstar Elektra Luxx (Carla Gugino) is pregnant with the child of late rock star Nick Chapel. She is trying to make ends meet by teaching a community college sex education class aimed at housewives when a figure from her past, flight attendant Cora (Marley Shelton), approaches her with a proposition. In exchange for the (stolen) lyrics to Nick Chapel's last record, all of which is about Elektra, Cora needs Elektra to seduce her fiancée. Elektra reluctantly agrees to do this favor, setting in motion a series of hilarious events which will see her come face to face with detectives, sex bloggers, emotionally unstable neighbors and the Virgin Mary herself as she wrestles with the prospect of motherhood and tries to become a person of substance.-- (C) Samuel Goldwyn

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 44 min.
Directed By: Sebastian Gutierrez
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Mar 11, 2011 Limited
On DVD: Jun 21, 2011
Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

Stephen Holden, New York Times
Has some scattered witty notions, but it is not funny.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
A porn star's midlife crisis makes for a limp story in "Elektra Luxx."
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Despite the fine thesping seen in this innocuous piece of fluff, the whole amounts to less than the sum of its parts.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"Elektra Luxx" has a playful, breezy sexiness that gives the world of the film, porn biz and all, a refreshing innocence.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
"Elektra Luxx'' needs a star whose secret weapon is that she only looks and sounds as dumb as people think she is. It needs Melanie Griffith.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
It isn't clever enough to be even momentarily diverting, and it's about as sexy as oatmeal.
Eric Melin, Scene-Stealers.com
Writer/director Sebastian Gutierrez is all over the map with a bizarre multi-character drama that never really clicks.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
Elektra"-fying!
Brent Simon, Shared Darkness
Offbeat, and powered by a game cast, but also full of spun-off asides and backstories that aren't smoothly integrated into the final product, or made to have forward-reaching consequences.
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
An odd but often laugh-out-loud funny mix of absurdist humor, raunchy backstories, and genuine pathos.
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Everything about this movie is off.
Chris Bumbray, JoBlo's Movie Emporium
While I admired the acting, it just never really came together into a cohesive whole that I could appreciate, but it's still an interesting, laudable attempt at making something different.
Kam Williams, NewsBlaze
'Elektra'-fying!
Chris Barsanti, Film Journal International
Carla Gugino and Joseph Gordon-Levitt perform superhuman work trying to keep this mess together, but can only do so much when faced with such arbitrarily plotted nonsense.
Mark Keizer, Boxoffice Magazine
Gugino and the rest of the mostly female cast clearly savor the chance to strip and swear in a free-play environment, which is a nice way of saying the film is hopelessly flabby and lacks coherence.
Fr. Chris Carpenter, Movie Dearest
I loved the film's humor and subversive attitude. The entire cast is fantastic, with (Julianne) Moore's brief appearance (as the Virgin Mary) a particularly nice touch.
Ethan Alter, NYC Film Critic
Too ramshackle and sloppy to leave much of a lasting impression.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
You sense that the characters, as much as we, are waiting for something to happen.
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
sometimes clever, sometimes just odd
Scott Tobias, AV Club
The intended colorful irreverence looks a lot like standard indie quirk.

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Lewis C

Elektra Luxx is the slightly improved sequel to Women in Trouble. If you enjoyed that movie at all, then this one will also probably be worth your time. A lot of the failed attempts at humor where left out this time around, and the story focus also lies more heavily on the… More
Elektra Luxx is the slightly improved sequel to Women in Trouble. If you enjoyed that movie at all, then this one will also probably be worth your time. A lot of the failed attempts at humor where left out this time around, and the story focus also lies more heavily on the characters of Elektra (Carla Gugino), Holly Rocket (Adrianne Palicki), Bambi (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and Bert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). The storylines of those characters in the first movie are continued right where they left off, and they're also joined by a few new faces like Timothy Olyphant, Malin Akerman and Lucy Punch. Elektra Luxx is also a much tamer movie than Women in Trouble, despite the fact that most of its characters are still porn stars. Besides a few curse words, this could have been a PG-13 film. As I said before, check this out if you're interested in the continued lives of the characters from Women in Trouble (the doors are left wide open at the end of this movie for a third entry in the series). Otherwise, there's not a whole lot of reasons to go out of your way to see this.
Lorenzo v

"From adult film star to functioning adult." Life for porn actress Elektra Luxx gets turned upside down when she finds out she's pregnant. <center>"From adult film star to functioning adult." Life for porn actress Elektra Luxx gets turned upside down when she finds out she's pregnant. <center>REVIEW</center> "What kind of person are you?" Retiring pregnant porn star Elektra Luxx (Gugino) fills her days by teaching a sexology class. After being approached by a stranger with ties to her dead ex-boyfriend her day starts to get weird. If you have seen the previews to this then you think you know what the movie is about. You would be wrong. From what I saw I expected a very funny comedy. While this movie does have it's funny moments, at its core it actually a very moving story. A woman who is trying to figure out where her life is is the one everyone seems to go to for advice, help or anything she can provide. Being that the movie is about a porn star there are a few pretty raunchy scenes and dialog, but no where near what you would have expected. The acting and characters are very entertaining that it makes you want to watch and see everyone get what they want. This is not at all what I expected, it was better. Overall a very touching, and somewhat funny story about finding out and being comfortable with who you are.
Walter M

When last we left our intrepid heroine... Famed porn star Elektra Luxx(Carla Gugino) was pregnant and retiring from the adult film industry. This leaves her biggest fan and vlogger, Bert Rodriguez(Joseph Gordon-Levitt), distraught while his sister Olive(Amy Rosoff) tries to drive… More
When last we left our intrepid heroine... Famed porn star Elektra Luxx(Carla Gugino) was pregnant and retiring from the adult film industry. This leaves her biggest fan and vlogger, Bert Rodriguez(Joseph Gordon-Levitt), distraught while his sister Olive(Amy Rosoff) tries to drive up the traffic on his web site which might also scar him for life. While Holly(Adrianne Palicki) is going to Mexico with her best friend Bambi(Emmanuelle Chriqui), Elektra is teaching classes at the local community center where Cora(Marley Shelton) finds her. To those who might have forgotten, Cora was with Elektra's baby daddy when he died and feels responsible. To atone, she gives Elektra a list of songs he wrote in her honor. In return, Cora would like a favor... Compared to its predecessor "Women in Trouble," "Elektra Luxx" at least has fewer plot tangents and is less of a mess in general. That's not to say this is not a deeply flawed movie with little momentum with scenes that go on way too long. It would have been better if it had stuck with the missing songs subplot and ran with that. On the other hand, it is more subdued and reflective in its keeping with a transitional tone as Elektra considers what do next while learning more about her. At the same time, the world needs to reconcile who she is privately and publicly in a business that is all fantasy, and little else.(Of some relevance, is how a lot of the subplots involve infidelity.) Plus, the cast is still very good with Timothy Olyphant being a valued addition. And an off-the-wall cameo(Yes, that is who I think it is) puts the movie into the win column.
Remi L

Why are so many respected actors in this crappy movie?

Cast

            Carla Gugino as Elektra Luxx

            Timothy Olyphant as Dellwood Butterworth

            Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Bert Rodriguez

            Malin Akerman as Trixie

            Adrianne Palicki as Holly Rocket

            Emmanuelle Chriqui as Bambi Lindberg

            Kathleen Quinlan as Rebecca Linbrook

            Justin Kirk as Benjamin

            Vincent Kartheiser as Jimmy

            Ermahn Ospina as Jimmy Cojones

            Melissa Stephens as Nadine

            Susie Goliti as Maria

            Lucy Punch as Dolores

            Amy Rosoff as Olive Rodriguez

            Taryn Gugino as Celia

            Jesse Garcia as Camilo

            John Colella as George

            Matt Gerald as Michael Ortiz

            Gabriel Gutierrez as The Walton Kid

            Traci Dinwiddie as Madeline

            Isabella Gutierrez as Charlotte

            Michael Copon as Lamberto

            Christine Lakin as Venus Azucar

            Cale Finot as Sy Maplewood

            Melissa Ordway as Sabrina Capri

            Jake Hames as Thief 1

            Patrick Kocou as Thief 2

            Marley Shelton as Cora

            Alicia Silverstone
            
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Elektra Luxx (2011)

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