Balthazar Getty, Carla Gugino, Molly Parker
A San Francisco computer wizard, who has made his millions in the digital world, meets a beautiful stripper at a gentlemen's club. Immediately attracted to each other, the two take off for Las Vegas, ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2001
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Stats: 102 reviews
Flixster Reviews (102)
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September 23, 2006A very modern, somewhat disquieting look at sex and relationships in the modern world.
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November 11, 2009A lonely computer geek offers a stripper ten thousand dollars to go to Vegas with him for a weekend. What should have been a simple arrangement turns into an interesting, if a little underwritten and not entirely plausible, character study. Molly Parker as the stripper is emotion...( read more)
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October 12, 2009i would like to see this movie,, because i have never seen this movie before
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July 21, 2009A few intellectual twists and interesting commentary are buried beneath what is essentially an erotic fest.... so.... not recommended.
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March 25, 2009I didn't care for it initially, but it escalated to so-so. Peter Sarsgaard was pretty good, though.
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September 14, 2008Depressing as hell and rather self-contained, The Center of the World is a dull, dreary story, shot on the cheap with an ugly, hyper-real aesthetic but a somewhat unbelievable starting point. Richard, a successful but socially inadequate computer engineer, meets Molly, a d...( read more)
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October 4, 2007Low brow production values, but Wang does have good intentions. Probably Sarsgaard's best performance, opposite miscast Molly Parker.
Critic Reviews
May 14, 2001
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
April 18, 2001
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The self-consciously rough, low-budget surface of The Center of the World can't disguise the slick cheapness at its heart. full review
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