On DVD and Blu Ray - "Afternoon Delight" - Kathryn Hahn (We're The Millers) plays a stay-at-home mom stuck in the doldrums of a sexless marriage to Josh Radnor's (CBS's How I Met Your Mother) swamped Ap designer. In an effort to spice things up a bit, she visits a local strip-club only to become infatuated with Juno Temple's (Killer Joe) exotic dancer/call-girl. Categorized as a Drama/Comedy, though halfway through, I found myself wondering just what the hell I was watching- it's equal parts quirky comedy, serious drama and documentary-style, indie film. Whatever the case, it's highly uneven and ultimately left me cold.
Director Jill Soloway takes sole screenwriting credit here, but damned if this film feels as if it's written by several scriptwriters and helmed by three very different auteurs- it's obviously trying to convey a handful of messages throughout but haphazardly muddled and contradictory in it's attempts.
Kathryn Hahn is given ample opportunity to flex her dramatic chops and definitely impresses here, while Josh Radnor also shows some legitimate range. Juno Temple sure seems typecast as the go-to tart at this point- at least as far as the last few films I've seen her in.
Afternoon Delight isn't awful, it's just strange and never as profound or as funny as it thinks it is- maybe worth a rental for anyone interested in it's principle players.
7.0 out of 10
Director: Jill Soloway
Cast: Kathryn Hahn, Josh Radnor, Juno Temple, Jane Lynch, Jessica St. Clair, Michaela Watkins, Josh Stamberg, John Kapelos, Keegan Michael-Key, Annie Mumolo and Noah Kay Bentley
Run-Time: 95 minutes
MPAA: Rated R for strong sometimes graphic sexual content, language and some drug use
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