As it stumbles to the finish line, "Zipper" means to be a condemnation of our political system, but the impact is negligible. The fate of a dull enigma doesn't have much weight.

| Sep 1, 2015

The film as a whole feels sort of retro as a tawdry cautionary tale.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 28, 2015

Lurid and cheesy and sometimes unintentionally funny.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 27, 2015

Another cautionary yarn about a political hopeful whose adulterous behavior catches up with him, Mora Stephens' "Zipper" hits a snag from the get-go.

| Aug 27, 2015

What "Zipper" lacks in depth it makes up in interesting, morally shaded supporting characters.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 27, 2015

Mr. Wilson, as dexterous with righteous bravado as with calibrated self-disgust, ably captures Sam's growing enslavement to his impulses.

| Aug 27, 2015

Zipper takes its sleaze seriously, which isn't quite the same thing as actually caring about it.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 27, 2015

On all counts, "Zipper" comes up short.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 26, 2015

Wilson is a charismatic and underused actor, perfect here as a guy with a talent for convincing others of his virtue. Headey, as Sam's wife, creates a surprisingly complex portrait of a woman ...

| Aug 25, 2015

It wants for a keener vision of corrupted power, but at least Mora Stephens navigates her main character's sudden slew of infidelities without banalizing them.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 23, 2015

What's ultimately frustrating about Zipper is that it seems like it has something important to say about infidelity and the sex industry, but can't decide what that should be.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 29, 2015

The movie comes across as a not particularly compelling episode of "House of Cards," and Wilson's Southern accent is equally unconvincing.

| Jan 28, 2015

Tawdry but cripplingly self-serious ...

| Jan 28, 2015

There's neither topicality nor bite in this bland pseudo-thriller, which lathers on composer H. Scott Salinas' high-suspense score like shower gel after sweaty sex, yet rarely musters an ounce of genuine tension.

| Jan 28, 2015