Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Marva It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Sidney101 I was expecting a much more exciting and original ending, it had a good build up, but left feeling it wasn't much of a thriller in the end. Lena's reaction to the whole situation was typical of a suburban housewife something she claimed she wasn't. You can easily give this one a miss. Watch conjuring 2 for a Great Patrick Wilson performance, he didn't seem a good fit for this role in my opinion.

leonblackwood Review: This is another one of those movies, we're the main character seems like he has it all! Sam Ellis (Patrick Wilson) is a highly ranked political figure, whose future looks extremely bright, and with the backing of his loving wife, Jeannie (Lena Headey), there really is no stopping this rising political star. After taking on a case against a exclusive escort agency, he starts to delve deeper into there undercover service, after Jeannie goes away with there young child with her father. He then decides to try out there service, and he soon becomes addicted to hiring escorts, and using there services in seedy hotel rooms. The higher he goes up the political ladder, the more dangerous his addiction becomes and his wife starts to get suspicious about his weird behaviour. With the escort agency under investigation by the FBI, and a family friend, Coaker (Ray Winstone) threatens to expose his secret life, and it all becomes a bit too much for Sam, who is due for a big promotion. This movie really does show how these politicians can get away with anything! Even when all of the evidence is stacked up against them, they use there power to look squeaky clean in the public eye, which just gives them more power to do whatever they want. I was hoping for something a bit different in this movie but it seemed to be going round in circles because he couldn't beat his addiction. The performances wasn't bad and the plot was pretty intense towards the end but it seemed like an average, "straight to DVD" movie, which lacked originality. I was pretty disappointed with the outcome, mainly because he deserved to be punished for his actions but it just shows that money and power will always win, in the political world of corruption. Average!Round-Up: This movie was written and directed by Mora Stephens, 40, who also brought you Conventioneers in 2005. As she hasn't had that much experience behind the camera, I can't totally blame her for the outcome of this movie, which should have exploited the corrupt politician, and made his public life hell. Lena Headey was perfect for her role, and she brought intensity to an impossible situation but I found Patrick Wilson a bit stiff and unemotional. With that aside, it's still an entertaining movie which gives an insight into politicians weird sexual activities but I can't see me watching it again anytime soon.Budget: $4.5million Worldwide Gross: N/AI recommend this movie to people who are into their thriller/dramas, starring Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone, Richard Dreyfuss, John Cho, Dianna Agron and Christopher McDonald. 4/10

rps-2 I made two assumptions while watching this film. One: It was shot in Vancouver. Wrong! Louisiana. Two: It was directed by a woman. Right! Moira Stephens. (Why do all drowned men float to the surface? Because they're all scum! I suspect Ms. Stephens, whose bio on IMDb is rather sketchy, might enjoy that joke. Maybe she originated it.) Nevertheless, this is a sharply done film, well produced, well shot and very well acted. The first half is saturated with excessive and overly graphic sex. Intercourse (missionary and others). Cunnilingus. Masturbation. Nudity. Tits and ass. Other sexual practices for which I know neither the Latin nor gutter terms. It borders on skin-flick pornography. It's possible to film sexual infidelity with a little less realism than we have here. There is a faint dark current under the whole thing. It made me feel guilty for being a man and, indeed, I rather disliked Sam Ellis and respected and sympathized with his wife. Worth watching but be sure the kids are in bed. Oh...check your husband's whereabouts as well. He said he was going to the bathroom but he probably was next door bonking the neighbor's daughter. Or wife. Or mother. All men, including your husband are...well, you get the message.

bob_meg First, let me reveal that I think Patrick Wilson is one of the most under-appreciated, naturalistic actors working today. His pairing with Kate Winslett in the film of Tom Perotta's brilliant "Little Children" was sublime. I even liked him in Joe Carnahan's over-the-top (but still lovable) "Stretch". So when I read the summary of "Zipper" and knew he played the lead, I had to see it, despite the uniformly negative reviews.Mora Stephens' film revolves around a seemingly straight-laced upstanding guy, Sam Ellis (Wilson), who --- perhaps subconsciously --- lets his sexual addiction spin wildly out of control only a few months before being prepped for a senate seat bid. I say subconsciously because there are a lot of indications, through the script and Wilson's largely underplayed performance, that Sam's not a real happy guy. His "career" has been architected and steam-rolled by his passive-aggressive wife (Lena Headey), their marriage is on the rocks (though on the surface it seems fine) and he's constantly being given the stink-eye for even mentioning ethics to his jaded boss.Wilson imbues Ellis with so many shades of gray and doubt that it really is quite riveting watching him unravel, back-pedal, and flail madly as his world threatens to crumble around him. And that's really all there is to this movie. It's a potent character (not plot) piece on the subject of addictive, compulsive behavior and sex addiction in particular. It really treats the dysfunction as just as potent an urge as the one a junkie craves in hard drugs. You can *see* the helplessness and frantic drive in Wilson's face and really believe that he believes he *has* to surf to that porn site, he *has* to call that escort... in his mind he has no alternative.This is brave, unflinching stuff and not many people will empathize or even care to see such repugnant behavior in action, yet Stephens and Wilson don't spare us anything, even a brutally uncompromising, cynical, and quite believable ending.It's amazing that people say things like "How could Ellis be so dumb?" Like ANY kind of addictive behavior is something people actually sit down and mull over, weighing the pros and cons, before getting their fix! Do addicts have the control to change their behavior? Of course. They just can't conceive of it. And that's the point of "Zipper".