7/10
All About Eve
21 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Eve Baker is a student-athlete whose college scholarship has been revoked due to inebriation. The consumption of alcohol led indirectly to the death of Eve's best friend Monica. Desperate to make her tuition payment, Eve takes a "fundraising job" that, in the words of Eve's devoted mother Debra seems "too good to be true." It turns out that the mom was right because her daughter was unwittingly working as an escort.

"The Secret Life of College Escorts" (a.k.a., "Sugar Mommy") was a fairly predictable drama of college women roped into the job of high-paying escorts. The Madam of the escort ring, Miss Carla Preston, is played by one of our favorite actresses, Laurie "Lifetime" Fortier. Unfortunately for Miss Preston, she was not aware of how feisty her new girl Eve could be.

My favorite character was Jax Thomas, one of the johns making use of the Preston escort services. It turns out that Jax becomes an ally of Eve in order to bust Miss Preston and her goon squad for the deaths of two young call girls.

The climactic scene was wild and frenetic. Unfortunately, the filmmakers' choices in composition resulted in a cramped and clumsy finale for what should have been a more open space in the gala celebration honoring Miss Preston.

Still, the action was fast-paced with an interesting set of characters. In the end, one character stood out for her tenacity and resolve to expose corruption at the highest levels of the elitist community. The protagonist actually would have preferred a sacred name like Mary. Instead, she was stuck with a sinner's name and a story that was all about Eve.
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