PVT Chat
| PVT Chat | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Ben Hozie |
| Screenplay by | Ben Hozie |
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| Cinematography | Ben Hozie |
| Edited by | Ben Hozie |
| Music by | Austin Brown |
Production company | Pretorius Pictures |
| Distributed by | Dark Star Pictures |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
PVT Chat is a 2020 American erotic drama film, written and directed by Ben Hozie. It stars Peter Vack as an online gambler who becomes obsessed with a cam girl played by Julia Fox. PVT Chat premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on August 21, 2020.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Jack is an internet gambler who lives in New York and becomes obsessed with Scarlet, a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes into reality after Jack spots Scarlet on a rainy street in Chinatown.
Cast
[edit | edit source]The cast include:[2]
- Julia Fox as Scarlett
- Peter Vack as Jack
- Buddy Duress as Larry
- Dasha Nekrasova as QT4U
- Heather Allison as Gorgeous_357
- Nikki Belfiglio as Emma
- Austin Brown as himself
- Atticus Cain as Henry the Landlord
- Michelle Chu as Cam Girl
- Andrew Clark as Gallery bartender
- Oliver David as Drone Operator
- Ally Davis as Venus
Production
[edit | edit source]Filming
[edit | edit source]The film was shot the last week of January through mid-February 2018 in New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan).[3][4]
Release
[edit | edit source]The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival.[5] Distribution rights for United Kingdom and Ireland were acquired by Vertigo Releasing in November 17, 2020.[6] Dark Star Pictures released the film in available theaters on February 5, 2021,[7] followed by a VOD and Digital HD release on February 9, 2021.[8][1]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 63% approval rating based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Its intelligent and nuanced approach to potentially salacious material is refreshing, but PVT Chat struggles to use it in service of a meaningful story."[9] According to Metacritic, which sampled nine critics and calculated a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".[10]
References
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