PVT Chat

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PVT Chat
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Film poster
Directed by Ben Hozie
Screenplay byBen Hozie
Produced by
  • Oliver David
Starring
CinematographyBen Hozie
Edited byBen Hozie
Music byAustin Brown
Production
company
  • Pretorius Pictures
Distributed byDark Star Pictures Vertigo
Release dates
  • August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)(FanTasia) [1]
  • February 5, 2021 (2021-02-05)(United States)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

PVT Chat is a 2020 erotic drama film, written and directed by Ben Hozie. It stars Peter Vack as an online gambler who becomes obsessed with a cam girl played by Julia Fox. PVT Chat premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on August 21, 2020.

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Plot

Jack is an internet gambler who lives in New York and becomes obsessed with Scarlet, a cam girl from San Francisco. His obsession reaches a boiling point when fantasy materializes into reality after Jack spots Scarlet on a rainy street in Chinatown.

Cast

The cast include: [2]

Production

Filming

The film was shot the last week of January through mid-February 2018 in New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan). [3] [4]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2020 Fantasia International Film Festival. [5] Distribution rights for United Kingdom and Ireland were acquired by Vertigo Releasing in November 17, 2020. [6] Dark Star Pictures released the film in available theaters on February 5, 2021, [7] followed by a VOD and Digital HD release on February 9, 2021. [8] [1]

Reception

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 63% approval rating based on 41 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Its intelligent and nuanced approach to potentially salacious material is refreshing, but PVT Chat struggles to use it in service of a meaningful story." [9] According to Metacritic, which sampled nine critics and calculated a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews". [10]

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