"Whores' Glory" takes a deadpan, nonjudgmental approach, which generally works well, even if the fly-on-the-wall technique makes clear that what attracts flies usually stinks. full review

Glawogger has the good sense mostly to stay out of the way and let the material speak for itself. full review

To experience it is to be haunted by the bleakness and ugliness of prostitution, the hopeless trap of it, and the defeat of love that it represents. full review

A daring, novelistic and unforgettable account of the real lives of female prostitutes in three very different countries and social contexts. full review

Austrian documentarian Michael Glawogger takes his cameras to three red-light districts around the world, and finds life is miserable for the women who work in the world's oldest profession - and for the men who pay cash for sex. full review

[A] quietly powerful but dispiriting documentary, which compares the world's oldest profession as practiced from place to place. full review

Whores' Glory demystifies trick turning with a bluntness and sneaky artistry that's sure to make even the most jaded of us choke on our next sitcom-hooker-joke chuckle. full review

To combine stories of exploited Third World women with feisty songs by female Anglo-American rockers is to flirt with glamorization. full review