Chicken Ranch (1983)
*** (out of 4)
Directors Nick Broomfield and Sandi Sissel take us to a brothel in Nevada where we meet the owner, the manager, the ladies as well as several clients who visit the location for some fun.
CHICKEN RANCH isn't a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but there's no question that it's highly entertaining and fun to watch. The film has a lot of interesting things going for it but it's basically just a collection of stories that the women tell about various clients. Some of the highlights include the actual interactions between the women and the clients. The women line up, they're selected and then there's the negotiation.
Some of the highlights include a group of Japanese men who come into the brothel but don't know English. Another highlight is a drunk who wants to party for as little money as possible. Another interesting moment happens when one of the women quits and we see a different type of "owner" than what we saw earlier in the picture.
It would be great to see some sort of follow-up on this movie just to see what happened to the women.