Robin Weigert excels in this uneven (and somewhat unconvincing) tale of bored lesbian housewife Abby, who decides to turns to sex work with paying (female) customers in the New York loft she's renovating, more out of frustrated desire than financial need. While the subject matter sounds exploitative, the tone is anything but; writer-director Stacie Passon is primarily interested in Abby's emotional development, taking more of a lead from Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right than Buñuel's Belle de Jour. Much of the narrative may not ring true, but Weigert's performance is warm and engaging, lending not just heart, but much needed credibility.
Concussion review – uneven drama about housewife turned sex worker
An exploitative-sounding subject is given warmth and credibility by Robin Weigert's lead performance, writes Mark Kermode