Chloe Domont directs Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich and Eddie Marsan in this drama where two work colleagues in a secret relationship hit troubled waters when he feels he is passed over for the big promotion in favour of her.

Marketed as an erotic drama with two very attractive leads… this feels like a bungle. There is nudity, fucking and an enticing sheen but it is far too harsh and abrasive a movie to enjoy. Especially in the final abrupt developments. Ultimately a film about toxic masculinity, it squanders the heat and chemistry of its two leads in favour of some one sided man bashing. Now there’s definitely a market for that, it just ain’t the movie we were sold and I was buying.

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Perfect Double Bill: Margin Call (2011)

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