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Admirable film.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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

We found this movie on Netflix streaming. My wife didn't care to finish it but I did and found it to be a rather gripping story.I have been a Patrick Wilson fan for some time, he is mostly overlooked because he makes it look so easy. Here he is Sam Ellis, a politician who is happily married, but he has a "tendency" let's say, to really notice the pretty girls.His wife is played well by Lena Headey as Jeannie Ellis. Sam is in the attorney's office and meets a pretty young lady who is slated to be a witness. Through this Sam learns about the online escort service, and he gets drawn in. Really drawn in, to the tune of $1000 to $2500 per hour with the "escort" who is really a prostitute. The story is about the weakness of a man like Sam, in a powerful position and now being asked to run for US Senate, being unable to process the gravity of what he is doing. Letting the lure of sex with pretty strangers sabotage his marriage and political career. His failure to keep his pants zipped up!Ray Winstone is good as the investigative journalist Coaker and Richard Dreyfuss is good as the old handler George Hiller who is taking Sam as a project to get him elected.SPOILERS: Sam messed up real bad, and Coaker is ready to expose him. But Hiller prevails, Sam is actually elected to the US Senate, and in the last scene his is being admonished to treat this new job with respect, to keep himself out of trouble, to keep his zipper closed. He assures them he will, but as the movie ends we see him going to yet another hotel room to meet yet another "escort".

I saw this movie after having watched the 5.7 IMDb rating. I found myself glued to it from the beginning until the end. Afterwards I couldn't understand what's about it that people supposedly don't like. The movie touches a subject that while probably very common in real life you seldom see portrayed in movies. Sex-addiction. I can only remember seeing it once or twice before, in the awful and overrated Nymphomaniac, and in the decent Auto Focus by Paul Schrader. This was easily the most entertaining one. Great actors all around. Among them a hardly recognizable Richard Dreyfuss, in a serious part. The movie maybe occasionally had a TV-movie feel to it, not that it mattered, the dialogue and ending kept you thinking. Many memorable lines. If you liked House of Cards I think you're gonna like this movie as well. Even if the main character isn't quite as psychotic as the lead from that show. 8 out of 10

OK, I have read all seven posted reviews as of today. I disagree with all of them. The one comparing women to fruits is downright silly,to put it nicely. Women urge for other men no less, and you might be surprised that they usually fulfill their desires.They are more discreet and men, less suspicious by nature, might never know. I also don't think all men are pigs as I don't believe in monogamy. And it takes two, you know. OK, back to the film review. Steamy? it is not! It might look steamy only if one never experienced truly passionate, mind blowing sex himself. Good acting? It is not! I found Patric Wilson's performance rather weak. Good story? It is not! A mix of Bill Clinton, Franc Underwood and Tiger Woods stories. Smashing car windows with baseball bat looked downright forced and borrowed from Elen Nordegren; besides it was not justified by the previous scenes which looked more like acceptance for the sake of whatever than a rage. What was the purpose of this film? I am puzzled. If you want to watch a good movie about sex/porno addiction, I recommend Men,Women&Children, which is underrated in my opinion.

Mora Stephens' Zipper is inspired by politicians like Bill Clinton and John Edwards,whose careers are highlighted by their involvement in sex scandals.It stars Patrick Wilson and Lena Heady.The screenplay involves a legal prosecutor who is running for office that develops an addiction towards escorts after refusing an affair with a beauteous intern.Sam Ellis is on the rise as a lawyer.He has developed a great career as a legal prosecutor.He definitely has a bright future if he pursues a political career and runs for public office.After refusing an affair with a beautiful intern,he unfortunately develops an obsessive compulsion towards high-class prostitutes working as escorts.He now finds himself in danger of losing it all after his benefactors call upon him to run as Congressman.After a well-known journalist and his wife discover his addiction,he promises them to keep himself in check only for the viewer to realize in the end that overcoming himself is far from the truth.No question that the story was predictable and typical of its genre.Added to that,it tried to present many themes instead of trying to focus on a particular message.But what the deficiencies the screenplay it may have was made up by the depth of the characters involved in it.The viewer realize that Sam Ellis' needs aren't met by her wife despite how much she has helped him in his career as a lawyer.We also learn the Sam's wife was once involved in an affair before they were married.The escorts were great people who tried to meet the emotional needs of their customers that was missing from their marriage.Credit should also be given to the performances of the cast particularly Patrick Wilson,Lena Heady and Ray Winstone as Sam,Sam's wife and the journalist respectively.In the end,character depth and the performances were reasons to see this movie despite its screenplay.