First Hit: There are interesting moments and uninteresting moments in this story which could have been more intriguing and telegraphs its ending.
Ewan McGregor plays Jonathan an accounting auditor who goes from client to client (“not even a desk marks my existence at the office”) bringing good or bad news to his clients. He likes the rhyme and reason to the numbers and they tell the story by the way the pieces fit.
This skill is used as the film wears on after he meets Wyatt (played by Hugh Jackman) an attorney in the firm he is auditing. Wyatt sees Jonathan as this milquetoast guy and decides to bring some excitement into his life through the membership into a sex club where names and discussions of work are not exchanged, only sex.
Contact to meet for sex is simply a phone call to a someone on a list and the statement "Are you free this evening". If the answer is "yes", the initiator tells where to meet and what time. One of the women Jonathan meets is someone he met in the subway one prior evening.
Michelle Williams plays “S” and when Jonathan gets her to the hotel room he confesses he’s been thinking of her since he first met her on the subway platform and he wants to break the rules, he's fallen for her. From here there are twists, turns, and manipulation between all the characters to an end you knew would happen.
The interesting moments are when McGregor and Jackman are on the screen together. The juxtaposition between their characters is, at times, fun and has some power, strength and energy. Additionally, the scenes between McGregor and Williams were intimately enjoyable. However, the rest of the film was cold and I suppose this was on purpose because Jonathan is an auditor and the storyline meant the sexual partners don’t engage in any personal information, just sex.
Overall: Mostly this film was a disappointment and probably will be forgotten shortly after it leaves the theaters.