Concussion (2013)

After getting a knock to the head a bored lesbian house-wife becomes a suburban hooker in an attempt to give her life meaning. She has to work her new hobby around a somewhat standard life.I'm not going to lie, the only reason I put this on is because I fancied some girl-on-girl action. There is some, but this film is much more.The story is pretty straight forward but engaging and lean. The characters are absolutely fantastic and I was soon drawn into the lives of the central character, her loved ones and her clients.Most of the weight rests firmly on the shoulders of Robin Weigert, who makes this look very easy. She manages to portray a certain apathy with her life, that is strong enough for her to take action but never strays into depression.She is also physically well suited, she does look like a stereotypical suburban mother - but she is easy on the eye when it comes to the sex scenes.A great watch, there is some eroticism but mostly fantastic characters and simple but elegant story.

After watching this movie, I am feeling really unsatisfied. OK, so the movie was good. The acting excellent and the script was interesting and while some may think the pacing was slow, I thought it was well-done. A lesbian housewife is bored *SPOILER ALERT* because her busy wife seems to have forgotten sex exists. So, bored lesbian housewife seeks a little satisfaction with a prostitute. Then, gets hip to turning tricks herself. She's "breathing" finally (as the script makes very clear). She's finding herself. And after this exploration is complete the whole ending is a complete and utter let down. There's the reveal, but the expected explosion (pun actually intended) or confrontation just never comes (again, pun intended). There's no resolution - just that life goes on. So, it was interesting, entertaining and saying something somewhat meaningful up until the very end of the flick when the story just fizzles.

Perhaps 6 is too low a rating for this movie, which was well acted and suspenseful in that you do not know where Kate and Abby's marriage is headed or what the consequences of Abby's prostitution will be.I do think it is of interest that the women are a gay married couple, depicting that their marriage is similar to others, yet individual.My problem was that either my brain's neurological connections are weak or the script assumed that we knew what Abby was doing with the loft apartment in the first place or even what Kate did for work. It would have helped me and my husband to have some of the mundane facts of their situation a little better spelled out. Some other things were not too clear to me, either.I do recommend the movie, but you might have to let your questions on some mundane facts just unfold and pay attention to the important stuff.

That was a random display of loneliness. I wonder if there were any grownups in this movie that was truly happy ?? Apart from "The Girl" that was merely neuvrotic that is. The film painted also a very grim picture of middle-class America in my mind. I found it uncomfortable to watch often. But apart from the above mentioned - the acting was damned good on Robin Weigert's part, and she alone kept it interesting for me. If it's a lesbian film ???? Have no idea. There were lesbians in it, but I found it to be overall a society tale of a certain class of Americans, and Jeezz what empty lives they are leading sitting there on there little bikes in the gym, sipping cocktails and joining all kinds of charities. As a European - I do not get this thing the US have about sexuality. Eighter it has to be totally taboo - or down and dirty - I just don't get it. So - I made up my own ending to spice it up a bit. Abby finally got her climax with random Sam - and I do not think that that stopped after the last frame - finally left her ice-prinsess Kate, and managed to get some happiness into her life. At leased - that would be something to stop the boredom.