Written by Luke Barnes
Summary
After losing both her marriage, in an emotional sense, and her job, in a literal sense, Gina, played by Sally Phillips, embarks on a new chapter in her life: one centred around topless men and sex for hire.
I feel like I have seen this film before, a woman sick of her life and her husband breaks bad. Once upon a time that would be a new and novel idea but now it feels fairly tame and by the numbers. Moreover, the female gaze angel around the woman using men for sex, rather than it being the other way around, does feel a little bit more revolutionary, but even that feels like well-worn ground these days.
However, I do think that Sally Phillip does manage to save this film and gives and earnest performance. If an actor of a lesser talent tried to do the same role no doubt the film would have felt incredibly generic and average, but Phillips manages to elevate the material.
In terms of the film’s comedy it made me smile a few times and chuckle here and there but for the most part I didn’t find it that funny, certainly it was not laugh out loud.
Overall, Philips elevates what is otherwise a very familiar film.
Pros.
Phillips
It is watchable
A few laughs here and there
Cons.
It feels a bit too familiar
Pacing issues
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