Fair Play
critic Reviews
, 86% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- With assured style that's at times reminiscent of the best '90s nail-biting thrillers, Fair Play juxtaposes premarital disharmony with greed and gender politics in the cutthroat finance world.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreClaudia PuigFilmWeek (LAist)
Initially it works, and then it devolves into something so extreme that it becomes borderline silly.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrent SimonAV Club
A film with a distinctive personality and an eagerness to dig around in the real-world sandbox and ask questions for which it knows there is no single, pat set of answers. Fair Play never stops making moves, which makes even its missteps feel refreshing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert LevinNewsday
It's one of the more incisive and powerfully made movies about relationship dynamics in a good long while.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRoxana HadadiNew York Magazine/Vulture
What Fair Play can’t quite deliver is the nuance needed to make these comparisons between men and women unique or new, and to push itself past archetypes and parables.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
It’s ultimately a very ugly film. That’s not its failure, but its intention.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreShirley LiThe Atlantic
hough the film constantly seems poised to deliver something insightful, it never finds any depth, thus leaving the viewer with frustratingly little to care about. In the end, it just feels like one long tease.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJack WaltersLoud and Clear Reviews
"Chloe Domont’s Fair Play is a slick psychological thriller that takes unwavering aim at ambition, jealousy, and the corrosive nature of secrecy."
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJames Preston PooleDiscussing Film
Turning this power-driven human drama into a sweaty palm, pulse-pounding thriller may be one of the most subversive moves we’ve seen a filmmaker make recently.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBrittany Patrice WitherspoonPop Culture Reviews
In her unpredictable feature debut, writer-director Chloe Domont stares down toxic relationships and deconstructs the dynamic with masterful exposition.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreGautam SunderThe Hindu
Reminiscent of the hit television drama Industry, director Chloe Domont’s debut feature on two ambitious financial analysts caught in a doomed relationship is slick, sexy and all kinds of enjoyable.
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