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Confessions of a Go-Go Girl is a 2008 Lifetime made-for-television film starring Chelsea Hobbs, directed by Grant Harvey, based on a play by Jill Morley and written an co-executive produced by Lenore Kletter.

The film aired on Lifetime on August 16, 2008.

Plot

Jane McCoy (Hobbs), a recent college graduate, decides to scrap her plans for law school to pursue an acting career full-time, against her parents' wishes. Struggling to make both ends meet, she meets a confident and persuasive friend (Carter) at her part-time sales job in a clothes store, who shows her the way to make extra money Go-go dancing. What starts as just an "easy money" job, however, rapidly becomes an all-consuming activity.

Cast

  • Chelsea Hobbs - Jane McCoy
  • Sarah Carter - Angela Lucas
  • Corbin Bernsen - Nick Harvey
  • Rachel Hunter - Donna Mercer
  • Travis Milne - Eric Baldwin
  • Tygh Runyan - Kurt Powell
  • Karen Kruper - Grace McCoy
  • James D. Hopkin - Jim McCoy
  • Graeme Black - Jamie 'Junior' Mccoy
  • Judith Bucha - Anne Branson
  • James Kot - Roy
  • Stafford Lawrence - Ziggy
  • Khari Jones - Yuppie Manager
  • Shae Keebler - Elizabeth
  • Terry David Mulligan - Dr. Double D
  • Jennifer Rae Westley - Lily (as Jennifer Westley)
  • Scott McAdam - Groom
  • Rod Heatheringston - Best Man
  • Shannon Micol - Young Woman

Style

The Daily News's Michael Korb wrote, "Confessions is a little more risque than traditional Lifetime fare -- considering that Hobbs and friends are dancing around in their underwear for a significant portion of the film". Brad Newsome agreed, stating in The Sydney Morning Herald, "This is a little racier than the usual Hallmark fare." Robert Philpot said the film "continues August series of lurid-topic movies".

Reception

Steve Pratt criticized the film in The Northern Echo, writing, "No full frontals in Confessions Of A Go-Go Girl a 2008 TV movie of numbing boredom – even in fast forward mode."

References

  1. Marill, Alvin H. (2010). Movies Made for Television: 2005–2009. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8108-7658-3. Retrieved 2023-03-21 – via Google Books.
  2. Korb, Michael (2008-08-14). "Law-school hopeful gets down to her briefs as 'Go-Go Girl'". The Daily News. Zap2it. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. Newsome, Brad (2009-03-02). "Pay TV - Thursday 5 March". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. Philpot, Robert (2008-08-16). "Think outside the stadium". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  5. Pratt, Steve (2013-06-03). "Pump action". The Northern Echo. Archived from the original on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2023-03-21.

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