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Emily (Creator/PhoebeDynevor) and Luke (Creator/AldenEhrenreich) are two financial analysts working for the same hedge fund. They're also secretly engaged. But when Emily is unexpectedly promoted above Luke, the tension that arises threatens to unravel both their professional and personal relationships.
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Emily Meyers (Creator/PhoebeDynevor) and Luke Edmunds (Creator/AldenEhrenreich) are two financial analysts working for the same hedge fund. They're also secretly engaged. But when Emily is unexpectedly promoted above Luke, the tension that arises threatens to unravel both their professional and personal relationships.
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* HateSink: Aside from Luke, Campbell and Emily's overbearing mother come off as the most universally hated characters throughout the entire film.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Campbell, for obvious reasons, shows ZERO remorse for all the trouble he had caused between Emily and Luke over the PM job, even gloating that Luke won't possibly be hired ever again now that he's fired.
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* ExactWords: When Emily is trying to get Luke to have sex with her, she tells him (lightheartedly) that she'll get him promoted if he does. He throws this at her when she tries to get him out of her presentation.
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* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Campbell congratulates Emily on making it out of Long Island, going to Harvard, and working at prestigious Wall Street locations.
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* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Campbell congratulates Emily on making it out of Long Island, going to Harvard, and working at prestigious Wall Street locations. It's not made clear if she's actually from a low-income family or if she's "just" not from the prestige of other employees.
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* PinkIsFeminine: When Luke criticizes her for her [[InformedFlaw apparently feminine, "cupcake"-like dress sense]], Emily tries out dressing more masculinely. She doesn't like it and switches it out for a pink shirt halfway through the day.
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* EliteSchoolMeansEliteBrain: The brilliant Emily went to Harvard. Other characters mention going to Brown and Duke.
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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: The only schools mentioned are traditionally elite ones. Emily went to Harvard, while other characters mention going to Brown and Duke. Somewhat justified, since this is a major hedge fund that will naturally draw its employees from high-ranking schools.
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She keeps her job; this is the implication of Campbell's "just let HR mop up the mess next time" line and a subsequent shot showing her in the office. (Remember that both previous PM firings have been very messy and obvious.) That is Not A Subversion but an aversion of Friends Rent Control and doesn't need to be listed
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* BolivianArmyEnding: To a degree of LeftHanging. [[spoiler:Luke has been fired and lost much of his sanity as well as raping his long-term girlfriend. it isn't clear if Emily will be able to keep her job after getting viciously humiliated and shamed at the office, in front of her boss Campbell and important clients. Emily has committed a pretty definitive crime in stabbing Luke, but will he attempt to pursue it since he knows he raped her? Will either of them work again or end up in any kind of police or prison situation?]]
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* BolivianArmyEnding: To a degree of LeftHanging. [[spoiler:Luke has been fired and lost much of his sanity as well as raping his long-term girlfriend. it isn't clear if Emily will be able to keep her job after getting viciously humiliated and shamed at the office, in front of her boss Campbell and important clients. Emily has committed a pretty definitive crime in stabbing Luke, but will he attempt to pursue it since he knows he raped her? Will either of them work again or end up in any kind of police or prison situation?]]
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* FriendsRentControl: Subverted. Emily and Luke live in a tiny apartment together, though both have excellent, well-paying jobs.
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* RapeAndRevenge: Variation. [[spoiler:Near the end of the film Luke and Emily have angry sex that devolves into Luke raping Emily as she begs him to stop. At the very end of the film Emily pulls a knife on him and stabs him, but her goal is less vengeance and more that he mans up and admits to being an insecure rapist.]]
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* BolivianArmyEnding: To a degree of LeftHanging. [[spoiler:Luke has been fired and lost much of his sanity as well as raping his long-term girlfriend. it isn't clear if Emily will be able to keep her job after getting viciously humiliated and shamed at the office, in front of her boss Campbell and important clients. Emily has committed a pretty definitive crime in stabbing Luke, but will he attempt to pursue it since he knows he raped her? Will either of them work again or end up in any kind of police or prison situation?]]
* FriendsRentControl: Subverted. Emily and Luke live in a tiny apartment together, though both have excellent, well-paying jobs.
* PerilousMarriageProposal: The opening scene sees [[SoHappyTogether Emily and Luke having sex in a bathroom and then Luke proposing to her.]] She accepts - and, mere days later, gets a promotion that derails their entire relationship, breeds violent resentment between both of them, and [[spoiler:culminates in Luke raping Emily and Emily stabbing Luke during an argument.]]
* SexEqualsLove: Emily seems to be a believer in this. When her and Luke's relationship takes a major hit, she tries to convince him to have sex with her in belief that it will help them both. She makes the mistake of telling him she'll get him promoted if he sleeps with her. Luke throws this at her in front of her bosses when she [[ExactWords attempts to deny that their relationship got in the way of her work.]]
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* SurpriseIncest: One of Emily's co-workers, Rory, tells a story about a guy banging his sister (a bag over her head) without knowing during a FiendishFraternity initiation.
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* SurpriseIncest: One of Emily's co-workers, Rory, tells a story about a guy banging his sister (a (while she was wearing a bag over her head) without knowing during a FiendishFraternity initiation.
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* VillainProtagonists: Both Emily and Luke work for a business that merely widen the wealth gap and both are fully aware of it.
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* VillainProtagonists: Both Emily and Luke work for a business that merely widen the wealth gap and both are fully aware of it.
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I don't think it's a good example of Wardrobe Flaw Of Characterization since it's not indicative of Emily's shortcomings
* BookEnds: The film starts and ends with [[spoiler:Emily getting blood on Luke: in the first scene they have period sex and her blood gets everywhere, while in the last scene she stabs him in the arm with a knife]].
* GetOut: [[spoiler:In the last scene, Emily tells Luke to permanently get out of the apartment, as she's done with him.]]
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* LikeAGodToMe: Luke tells Campbell in the trailer that the job is his religion and Campbell is his god to convince him that he would give the opportunity everything he's got.
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* LikeAGodToMe: Luke tells Campbell in the trailer that the job is his religion and Campbell is his god to convince him that he would give the opportunity PM position everything he's got.got. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:the PM Campbell has actually hired for the job arrives at that moment, furthering Luke's humiliation.]]
* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Campbell congratulates Emily on making it out of Long Island, going to Harvard, and working at prestigious Wall Street locations.
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* ShowingUpChauvinists: In the trailer, a male colleague at the hedge fund jokes about how emasculating it is to work under Emily, even though a previous shot established her competence by having a higher-up tell her she made a number of major calls in the previous quarter.
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* ShowingUpChauvinists: In the trailer, a A male colleague at the hedge fund jokes about how emasculating it is to work under Emily, even though a previous shot scene established her competence by having a higher-up tell her she made a number of major calls in the previous quarter. quarter.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Subverted. An insecure Luke tells Emily that she dresses like a "fucking cupcake" (by which he means the mortal fashion sin of...pairing smart, tailored suits and light-colored shirts with some frills) like it's a WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization. In an effort to appease him, Emily shows up to work wearing a dark outfit, but gets uncomfortable and swaps it for a pink shirt in the middle of the day.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: Throughout the film Luke insinuates that Campbell being attracted to Emily in some way played a part in her promotion, and finally accuses her of trading sexual favors for it. Emily explodes, saying that he can't accept that she earned that job all on her own, and [[HiredForTheirLooks her looks didn't matter]].
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Subverted. An insecure Luke tells Emily that she dresses like a "fucking cupcake" (by which he means the mortal fashion sin of...pairing smart, tailored suits and light-colored shirts with some frills) like it's a WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization. In an effort to appease him, Emily shows up to work wearing a dark outfit, but gets uncomfortable and swaps it for a pink shirt in the middle of the day.
* SleepingWithTheBoss: Throughout the film Luke insinuates that Campbell being attracted to Emily in some way played a part in her promotion, and finally accuses her of trading sexual favors for it. Emily explodes, saying that he can't accept that she earned that job all on her own, and [[HiredForTheirLooks her looks didn't matter]].
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* WardrobeFlawOfCharacterization: Zigzagged. WackyMarriageProposal: Luke criticizes proposes to Emily at the beginning of the film...after they sneak off at [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces his brother's wedding]] for "dressing like a fucking cupcake." Her clothes are actually nicer before.
*quickie, but she's on her period and they get blood all over their fancy outfits. Luke drops the ring in the hubbub and Emily sees it on the floor.
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The film costars Creator/EddieMarsan, Creator/RichSommer, Creator/SebastianDeSouza, and Creator/GeraldineSommerville.
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* OneOfTheBoys: Deconstructed. Emily is [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only woman on her team]], and she tries to curry favor with her team by indulging in pursuits like going to strip clubs. Luke tells her it won't work because she is still just a token.
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* SecretRelationship: Emily and Luke are engaged but nevertheless keep their relationship secret at work, because there's a rule against them sleeping together. It unravels quickly when Emily is promoted above Luke.
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''Fair Play'' is an American erotic thriller. The feature directorial debut of Creator/ChloeDomont, it debuted at Sundance 2023 before being acquired by Creator/{{Netflix}}, who have announced a limited theatrical engagement in September 2023 before a release on the platform on October 6, 2023.
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''Fair Play'' is an American erotic thriller. The feature directorial debut of Creator/ChloeDomont, it debuted at Sundance 2023 before being acquired by Creator/{{Netflix}}, who have announced a limited theatrical engagement in September 2023 before a release released it on the their platform on October 6, 2023.
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* BridalCarry: One of the scenes in the trailer that establish how loved-up Emily and Luke are before the promotion is him sweetly carrying her in his arms while crossing the street. He's also literally asked her to marry him in the previous scene.
* ClusterFBomb: After being fired, Quinn is heard screaming at the viewing analysts to fuck off and that they won't last "a fucking week".
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->''"We all do filthy things. But we don't trek it back into the office."''
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''Fair Play'' is an American erotic thriller. The feature directorial debut of Creator/ChloeDomont, it debuted at Sundance 2023 before being acquired by Creator/{{Netflix}}, who have announced a limited theatrical engagement in September 2023 before a release on the platform on October 6, 2023.
Emily (Creator/PhoebeDynevor) and Luke (Creator/AldenEhrenreich) are two financial analysts working for the same hedge fund. They're also secretly engaged. But when Emily is unexpectedly promoted above Luke, the tension that arises threatens to unravel both their professional and personal relationships.
The film costars Creator/EddieMarsan, Creator/RichSommer, Creator/SebastianDeSouza, and Creator/GeraldineSommerville.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vICUPlr3EEI&ab_channel=Netflix Trailer]]
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* BridalCarry: One of the scenes in the trailer that establish how loved-up Emily and Luke are before the promotion is him sweetly carrying her in his arms while crossing the street.
* HeadbuttOfLove: A shot in the trailer has engaged couple Emily and Luke press their foreheads together as her voiceover says that the job is killing them.
* LikeAGodToMe: Luke tells Campbell in the trailer that the job is his religion and Campbell is his god to convince him that he would give the opportunity everything he's got.
* ShowingUpChauvinists: In the trailer, a male colleague at the hedge fund jokes about how emasculating it is to work under Emily, even though a previous shot established her competence by having a higher-up tell her she made a number of major calls in the previous quarter.
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->''"We all do filthy things. But we don't trek it back into the office."''
-->-- '''Campbell'''
''Fair Play'' is an American erotic thriller. The feature directorial debut of Creator/ChloeDomont, it debuted at Sundance 2023 before being acquired by Creator/{{Netflix}}, who have announced a limited theatrical engagement in September 2023 before a release on the platform on October 6, 2023.
Emily (Creator/PhoebeDynevor) and Luke (Creator/AldenEhrenreich) are two financial analysts working for the same hedge fund. They're also secretly engaged. But when Emily is unexpectedly promoted above Luke, the tension that arises threatens to unravel both their professional and personal relationships.
The film costars Creator/EddieMarsan, Creator/RichSommer, Creator/SebastianDeSouza, and Creator/GeraldineSommerville.
'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vICUPlr3EEI&ab_channel=Netflix Trailer]]
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* BridalCarry: One of the scenes in the trailer that establish how loved-up Emily and Luke are before the promotion is him sweetly carrying her in his arms while crossing the street.
* HeadbuttOfLove: A shot in the trailer has engaged couple Emily and Luke press their foreheads together as her voiceover says that the job is killing them.
* LikeAGodToMe: Luke tells Campbell in the trailer that the job is his religion and Campbell is his god to convince him that he would give the opportunity everything he's got.
* ShowingUpChauvinists: In the trailer, a male colleague at the hedge fund jokes about how emasculating it is to work under Emily, even though a previous shot established her competence by having a higher-up tell her she made a number of major calls in the previous quarter.
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