I worked in Toronto as a DJ in the strip club business in the 90's and I always felt every movie I saw about the industry really didn't represent it well. Conversations always seemed stilted or forced, and the inaccuracies about the business and how it operates was always distracting from the story for me. Frank Caruso has changed all that and totally hit the mark in his movie Club Utopia. Frank has taken the time to research his project and it shows. He has the best representation of the inner workings of a strip club as well as the language, the color, the humour as well as a little bit of romance too. I think my favorite character is Cisco the club's manager. He's an amalgam of two or three people I've probably worked with and I found him the funniest in the movie perhaps because he struck a chord in me and because of the wonderful performance by Brett Halsey. I loved the story and the characters and look forward to watching it again. As much happens outside the club as in and I think the characters are believable and transition well from setting to setting. Fun movie with lots of laughs and a good story. In many ways a story that unfolds everyday in the strip club industry. For every club there is a Sally Enitlov. Frank Caruso's movie Club Utopia represents her and the business well. I look forward to Frank's next project.
Review of Club Utopia
Club Utopia
(2013)
Fun Movie. The most authentic portrayal of the Strip Club Industry I've seen
7 January 2016