# The Center of the World (2001)

> A depressed dot-com entrepreneur hires a lap dancer for three nights in Las Vegas, only to find their carefully bounded arrangement unsettled by genuine attraction.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/20451

## Facts

- Runtime: 88 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Wayne Wang
- Cast: Molly Parker, Peter Sarsgaard, Carla Gugino, Shane Edelman, Karry Brown, Alisha Klass, Mel Gorham, Lisa Newlan
- TMDB rating: 5.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240402/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: intimate, provocative, melancholic, adult date night, late night viewing

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