Fair Play

Fair Play is a 2023 American erotic psychological thriller film written and directed by Chloe Domont, in her feature directorial debut. It stars Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, and Rich Sommer. The film follows a young couple whose relationship starts to unravel following an unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund firm. Fair Play premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2023, and was released in select theaters on September 29, 2023, before its streaming release by Netflix on October 6, 2023. The film received positive reviews from critics. Plot Emily Meyers and Luke Edmunds are analysts at One Crest Capital, a cutthroat Manhattan hedge fund. The two are in a passionate relationship they keep secret from their co-workers. Luke proposes to Emily while at his brother's wedding, and she happily accepts. The next day at work, one of the company's portfolio managers is fired. Emily overhears her colleagues mention that Luke is being considered as a replacement, and passes the news onto him; the two celebrate that night. However, the firm's CEO Campbell summons Emily to a meeting late in the night to tell her that she will in fact be receiving the promotion. Emily reluctantly breaks the news to Luke, but he expresses his support. As Emily settles into her new job, Luke's resentment over not being promoted becomes increasingly apparent, leading to tensions in his relationship with Emily. Luke privately becomes consumed with the work of a self-help guru coaching men on how to assert themselves in the workplace. Their sex life is strained; at one point Emily tries to initiate sex and Luke says he is not feeling up to it. She then crawls onto him and tells him that she doesn't care what he feels like, and that she would do all the work. He ultimately denies her and goes to bed.