Untied Up Stories + Overall Impression
The untied up story lines makes "The Ranch" less satisfying than it could have been. Well that and the whole bringing things up and never mentioning them again, which got to be annoying by the end.
The acting caliber really made the film watchable. Only the teenage boy, little girl and ex-husband were over the top bad acting. All the other players got the right tone for a real live person. The movie doesn't pretend to be a documentary, and it wasn't, you could still get an idea of how American bordellos are in the 2000s. Although it was more realistic than movies like Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
I'm impressed that just about all the actors who played characters who worked at The Ranch have gone on to have healthy acting careers after this movie. It gives me hope that people can play a risque role without getting stigmatized by a character they pretend to be.
At least through the 1960s, an actor could be tainted and have their career ruined by playing certain roles like gay, prostitute, psychopath, etc.
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