Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, NTSC
• Rated: NC-17
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 85 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302263794
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #274,542 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ho ho ho!, July 11, 2006

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D. Hartley (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Whore [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Director Ken Russell has never been accused of understatement, and this in-your-face character study of a jaded streetwalker is no exception. Theresa Russell chews major scenery in the lead role. The film has been misunderstood by viewers who miss the black comic undertones (I find it interesting that in 2006, no one blinks at Amy Sedaris' broad portrayal of a 42 year-old ex-hooker going back to high school on Comedy Central's "Strangers With Candy", but we still have reviewers tsk-tsking over Russell's 1991 treatment of the subject!) There are pacing issues that betray the story's stage play origins. Russell's character addresses the audience throughout, making the story a bit "talky" at times. In fact, characters in the film spend much more time TALKING about sex than actually engaging in it! Definitely a cult item. Currently not available on DVD, but used VHS copies can tracked down. Beware of the butchered "R" rated prints; the uncut "European" version contains 7 extra minutes (the excised scenes are actually tame by current standards). A note to my fellow reviewer regarding Ms. Russell's marital status: She is NOT married to Ken Russell, but to director Nicholas Roeg.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prostitution in a gritty format., December 15, 2004

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L. M RODRIGUEZ "shirley35" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whore [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Ms. Russell does a fantastic job in this movie. She is a beatiful street-walker, has pimp problems, acts so believable that it's hard to watch at times. What a great actress!

Oh, did I see a one-star review copied three times in order to lower the general rating of this film?

Well, just watch it and let your daughter watch it too! You may change your views on prostitution and realize that society should drop the morality issue and replace it by a human one. Perhaps then we will show some maturity to the rest of the world.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, December 1, 2005

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E. Moss - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Whore [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I think all of you are missing the point here. This film is first and foremost funny! It comes off all serious and trying to be "hip" (for 91' that is). I think my favorite part is when she gets stopped by two bike police and she makes fun of them saying, "What do you want me to do? Run alongside your bike? Or were you just going to cuff me to your spoke?" Defiantely makes me want to see "Whore 2"!