The "real" Gia

Content/Genre/Audience

A Spencer Benedict movie, Vivid's Gia - Portrait of a Porn Star is a really interesting movie. It is based off of true events, but the story itself isn't a true story. Gia Paloma was a famous super model, some say she was the first super model. Her rise to extreme fame came a little to quick for the gorgeous girl who came from a broken home. She falls to cocaine, heroine, and other sins before dying from complications of aids. She is one of the first famous women to have died from the mostly unknown disease. Gia -Portrait of a Porn Star follows the same sort of story, but adapts it to be for a porn star instead of a model. The story is interesting and the stars are great. Sunny Leone is a great lead. It's even a film with Angelina Jolie - Gia.



*Scores are subjective, based on sexual performance + appearance (out of 5)*

FEMALE CAST
Sunny Leone:★★★★★
Scenes #1, 2, 4, 5, 6


Tori Black: ★★★★★
Scenes #2, 6


Lexi Belle: ★★
Scene #7


Monica Mayhem: ★★★
Scene #1


Jennifer Dark: ★★ 1/2
Scene #8


Breanne Benson: ★★ 1/2
Scene #7


Others with non-sex parts: Dyanna Lauren, Janine, Debi Diamond

MALE CAST
Dale DaBone:★★★★★
Scene #7

Love this guy! ^ Click his name for a yummy surprise. NSFW.

Ryan Driller: ★★
Scene: #8


Bill Bailey: ★★★★
Scene: #3


Daniel Weber: ★★★ 1/2

Scenes: #4, 5

Others with non-sex parts: Herschel Savage, Randy West, Ron Jeremy, Mark Kernes

DVD Features:

This is a two disc pack. The first disc has the option of choosing from the eight sex scenes or just playing the sex parts without the dialog. It also has photoshoots. The second disc has behind the scenes and interviews. There are also supposedly bloopers, but I couldn't find them for some reason. The film was released in 2010 and runs over 3 hours long!

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*Scores are from my point of view alone (out of 5).*

We are introduced to Gia who is working hard for her money, but isn't making enough. A stripper friend convinces her to do something with her looks because she is gorgeous. As she looks for jobs, the film cuts to interviews with people like Ron Jeremy and other big names. These interviews that cut into the movie the entire time start to reveal foreshadowing. Gia answers an ad in the paper for modeling but it turns out that it is not as innocent as she intended.

#1 ★★★ Sunny & Monica (~16 min):

On a photo-shoot, the female photographer comes onto Gia. They start kissing nice slow and sensually. There is a lot of nipple play and fingering. The girls use toys on each other! YEAY! It's nothing amazing, but still nice to see in a film that has a lot of vanilla type sex. Gia even uses her mouth to thrust the dildo in. Gia's orgasm seems to be fake with a lot of dramatic squeaking. I hate that this is the first sex scene because it gets so much better.

Pros: Toys, Sensual, Slow, Girl on girl
Cons: Fake orgasms?

#2 ★★★★★ Sunny & Tori (23 min):

Gia does another photo-shoot. This scene actually has some truth to it. Gia did a famous nude photo-shoot with a makeup artist that involved a chain link fence between them.



From the original photo-shoot


Tori and Sunny recreating the shoot

They kiss through the cage and then it cuts to them on a bed. They finger each other. Gia gives Tori amazing oral with tons of eye contact. After Tori cums once she uses a dildo on Sunny. There are awesome angels and close ups. There is a lot of analingus which I love. this scene turns really hot really quick! It ends up being my favorite from the film. They take turns with even more toys and rounds of oral and fingering. The scene is so great, I even ignored the fact that camera is sideways for quite a while! Sunny even takes a DP from two toys and one anally. This is the only anal and DP she receives in the film, unless I missed something. The film advertised it being Sunny's first of both.

Pros: Chemistry, The girls, HOT!, Tons of orgasms
Cons: Nothing

#3 ★★★ Lexi & Bill (12 min):

On the set of Gia's first porn she watches a random couple have sex. I like the guy Bill, he is a relatively newcomer. I'd never seen him before. There is a lot of nipple play and kissing. I like how these scenes start out a little more natural.

It cuts to her panties being taken off. He spreads her open and gives some fucking hot oral with ass licking too! Once he's got her totally wet, he fingers her.It cuts again to her giving his very nice cock oral. She hops on and finishes him eventually with oral.

Pros: Bill, Teasing
Cons: Female talent is not my type

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#4 ★★★ Sunny & Dirrty (~7 min):

Sunny does her first porn scene which is very short. There is lots of kissing, some face fucking, and he ends up cumming on her tits.

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#5 ★★ Sunny & Dirrty (~24 min):

She ends up dating that guy and then breaking up with him which is awkward when she has to do a scene with him later. I hated the majority of this scene because there are parts where it doesn't seem consensual. I know it is in real life, but for on screen it just didn't arouse me. Because of their hostile relationship, this scene is a little rougher

Pros: A little rougher
Cons: Awkward at times

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#6 ★★★★ Tori & Sunny (~18 min):

The two girls go at it again. This scene isn't as amazing as their first, but it's still hot. Unfortunately, they don't do anything new.

Pros: Toys again
Cons: Nothing different from their first scene

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#7 ★★★ Dale & Lexi (~18min):

Gia is now a director. We watch a couple have sex. Dale is the guy party. I love this guy! Unfortunately, the girl is annoying and totally ruins it after the first few minutes. There is oral, doggy style sex, and he cums from oral.

Pros: Dale
Cons: Lexi's noises

#8 ★★ 1/2 Jennifer & Ryan (19 min)

By this point the story takes a lot of dark turns which I won't spoil. The last sex scene is also on a porn set that Gia should be directing. This couple didn't seem to fit the story as well as others and didn't have great chemistry. They start the same with some kissing and oral. The only difference with this scene is that there is anal. I'm not a fan of the positions they used so this anal scene didn't do anything for me.

Pros: Anal
Cons: Lack of chemistry

So, what happens to Gia and how does she let herself fall from grace? Overall, I liked this film, but being 3 hours long, it's much too long. I watched it in two sittings. I don't think I'll watch this more than once more (with my partner), but I am damn glad I got to see Tori and Sunny together! The acting is pretty good and the story kept me interested enough. I look forward to more from this director.

This was worth watching once, but it isn't a keeper for me. I've passed it on. I still want to see more films with the lead female in them, though!