PVT Chat

PVT Chat is a 2020 American 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.

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:

Julia Fox as Scarlett
Peter Vack as Jack
Buddy Duress as Larry
Dasha Nekrasova as QT4U
Heather Allison as Gorgeous_357
Nikki Belfiglio as Emma
Austin Brown as himself
Atticus Cain as Henry the Landlord
Michelle Chu as Cam Girl
Andrew Clark as Gallery bartender
Oliver David as Drone Operator
Ally Davis as Venus

Production

Filming

The film was shot the last week of January through mid-February 2018 in New York City.

Release

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

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." According to Metacritic, which sampled nine critics and calculated a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, the film received "generally favorable reviews".