A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern. Starring Nicole Kidman.
Venice Film Festival – Won: Best Actress, Nominated: Best Film
Palm Springs International Film Festival – Won: Actress, Director to Watch
Santa Barbara International Film Festival – Won: Virtuoso Award
Golden Globes – Nominated: Best Female Actor
Gotham Awards – Nominated: Best Feature, Outstanding Lead
AARP Awards – Nominated: Best Actress
Kidman is ferociously good, convincing utterly as this formerly level-headed careerist whose deeply buried, long-denied appetites are simultaneously proving her making and downfall. -Daily Telegraph
It’s a self-love story, and part of that discovery is that it’s okay to let yourself be small for a while. -New York Magazine
What makes it entertaining is not just the actors’ skilled navigation of every tricky challenge but also the script’s refusal of judgement and rigid moral codes. -Hollywood Reporter
The bedrock principle undergirding Halina Reijn’s exploration of carnal connection is always honesty. -Slant
It’s the sort of intelligent, elegant adult filmmaking that is frequently lacking in modern cinema, approaching a complex theme not only with nuance and empathy but refreshing candour, all while being genuinely erotic and stylish. -Little White Lies
A deliciously barbed, but wise and ultimately hopeful investigation of female sexual desire, marriage and modern power dynamics. -Time Out
This is a sexy, darkly funny, and bold piece of work. Don’t sleep on it. -IndieWire
‘R’ 114min
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