This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Two teenaged prostitutes meet and fall in love at a Greek brothel. Theirs is a jealous relationship because both of them have parallel affairs with two male prostitutes working at the same brothel. The younger prostitute Nandia (Danae Skidai) is ambitious and hatches a murderous plot that would catapult her and her lesbian lover Martha (Katerina Tsavalou) to money and fame. But Martha is a nice person and soon becomes tired of Nandia's machinations. She longs for a normal life and develops a soft corner for the fat accountant who loves Nandia. Around 30 minutes into Hardcore, I couldn't help but draw parallels between the film and Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World (2001). The film's protagonists - two prostitutes who work in a Greek brothel, literally occupy a ghost world of paid sex, cruel pimps and drug pushers. There is even a scene where the two of them dance rhythmically standing side by side at a boring corporate party, like Enid and Rebecca in Ghost World's farewell party.It is a terrific film shot mostly indoors in dark, dinghy and soulless rooms where soulless people indulge in soulless sex. The performances by the two leads are terrific. I strongly recommend this little known Greek film which does have graphic scenes of sex and violence.

HARDCORE is a very decent film about the lives of two young girls caught up in prostitution and drugs. Whoever likens this to a Tarantino film obviously didn't see the same film I did. HARDCORE is more comparable to something like KIDS than any of Tarantino's films. Good story-line and very strong performances make this one add up to a very good film overall...Nadia and Martha are two young Greek hookers who begin a strange and tumultuous lesbian relationship. Quickly working their way up the "ranks" - the girls are offered better and higher-paying tricks based on their past "performance". Nadia is a level-headed and ambitious young girl, while Martha is more needy and reliant on Nadia's guidance. When the two girls beat a potential murder-rap after the killing of their pimp - Nadia falls into a modeling career and becomes successful very quickly. Although Nadia takes care of Martha and allows her to live with her - Martha becomes more needy as she see's Nadia use and being used by shady agents and magazine publishers. This all ends in a strong climax, where Martha realizes that she will never be truly happy while living in Nadia's shadow...HARDCORE is an all-around strong film that deals with subject matter and content that may bother some. The girls are 16 and 17 respectively when they begin their prostitution career, and the audience is shown some strong scenes of their sexual liaisons with clients and others. Fans of films like KIDS, and BULLY (and numerous other late-teen angst films) will definitely be into this one. The performances by the two female leads are dead-on, and the way the story-line progresses is interesting and original. Definitely worth a look...8.5/10

Fun and games it's not, a great movie it is. It's masterfully directed it oozes creativity, it's touching and hard at the same time, it hasn't got a boring moment, it was snubbed by critics, it's in one word brilliant. Dennis Iliadis paints a picture of wasted youth but the movie is much more than a cautionary tale. It is a film about longing, about the need to feel at home, the need of a family. The movie's young protagonists may seem as lost cases to some, but they are no different than you and me. They may sell their bodies they may kill for fun and money, but, hey, we all do what we have to do... Try to see this movie. it's worth your admission money(and then some)!

The craziest new greek movie I have ever seen. At last a greek film maker "tried" to be ispired by the great Quentin Tarantino. It was about time. Nice scenario, no deep thinking purpose for everything is happening but still so good and fast rolling in the film. The plot doesn't stuck nowhere. Very good filming but very bad sound. The actors are all young and very beautiful (nessesary for the roles they are playing)which means that the casting was very good. The real reason I liked it is that I 've seen from inside this game of hookers and drugs because of my birthplace in Athens. Generally, although I laught very very much but I won't see it again.