Stripped Down (2011)

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An audit by a judgmental IRS agent becomes the catalyst for surreal transformation. This serpentine thriller transcends the exploitation genre, as a streetwise ex-stripper turns retribution into redemption. Now managing the strip club owned by her venal spouse, Lily hides the club's illicit… More An audit by a judgmental IRS agent becomes the catalyst for surreal transformation. This serpentine thriller transcends the exploitation genre, as a streetwise ex-stripper turns retribution into redemption. Now managing the strip club owned by her venal spouse, Lily hides the club's illicit activities from the taxman... until her husband takes advantage of an innocent runaway sending Lily down an unforeseeable path. Stripped Down was inspired by the filmmakers' rape/sodomy as a sixteen year-old college student. Through this experience, she empathizes with the 'out of body' expression on the faces of these women. -- (C) Official Site

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: Elana Krausz
Written By: Elana Krausz
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Aug 26, 2011 Limited
On DVD: Jun 30, 2009
Studio: Walking Shadows

Critic Reviews

Paul Brunick, New York Times
"Stripped Down" is bad in so many ways I can't help but feel a slightly tender affection for it.
Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Lacks the delicate tonal control and subtle smarts required for such an intended half-surreal exercise.
Eric Hynes, Village Voice
It's a thriller, it's a strip-club soap opera, it's an inner-child reclamation inspirational -- it's really unpleasant to look at.
Kalvin Henely, Slant Magazine
As a vague film about the long-term psychological repercussions of childhood rape, Stripped Down is most classifiable as art therapy.