With its misleading 18 rating and ever-so-slightly racy publicity, this female-centred comedy/drama about modern marriage and sexual mores raised a few eyebrows when it previewed at the 17th UK Jewish film festival last year. Kathryn Hahn is the borderline desperate housewife who drops a bomb on her moribund life by inviting a sex-worker (force of nature Juno Temple) to live in her middle-class home, with culture-clashing, relationship-testing results. Imposing talent Jill Soloway, who made her name writing for the hit TV series Six Feet Under, picked up a best director award at Sundance, with the movie's "deft balance of tone" specifically noted in the citation. Certainly the precarious line between exploration and exploitation is walked with ease by Soloway, who directs with assured confidence and sympathy for all her characters. Relaxed, intuitive performances from the top-notch ensemble cast pay dividends, with Hahn commandingly stressy in the central role, and Michaela Watkins impressively abrasive as neighbourhood organiser-in-chief.