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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamWilson 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 shattered by her husband but hungry for higher social position.
- 60The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterThe script, by Ms. Stephens and Joel Viertel, though lurching at times into overstatement, is enhanced with worthy if fleeting performances from John Cho and Christopher McDonald as Sam’s colleagues. Ray Winstone, as a journalist, effectively melds sleaze and compassion.
- 50Slant MagazineClayton DillardSlant MagazineClayton DillardIt 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.
- 50RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireHeadey is coolly fierce and shares some powerful moments with both Wilson and Winstone as the reporter who threatens to expose this juicy sex scandal. But these scattered pieces don’t create a complete and convincing picture.
- 40The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanWhat’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.
- 40VarietyGeoff BerkshireVarietyGeoff BerkshireTawdry but cripplingly self-serious, the second feature from Mora Stephens (a full decade after her little-seen, also politically themed debut “Conventioneers”) benefits from Patrick Wilson’s committed star turn.
- On all counts, Zipper comes up short.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperZipper might be entertaining enough in a campy way for you to watch it on demand as long as you’ve got a really big bowl of popcorn and an even bigger glass of wine (or the non-alcoholic elixir of your choice) to get you through. Might. Be.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThere'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.
- 30Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenInstead of taking the audience in unfamiliar directions, filmmaker Mora Stephens (who wrote the script with Joel Viertel) is in such a heated rush to get to all the salacious bits, the story doesn't build crucial dramatic tension.