Tatiana Maslany, who made her versatile reputation playing a dozen very different clones in Orphan Black, channels all her talent into Pleasure’s singular protagonist. Newly divorced and angling for an overdue promotion, Maslany’s Paula is also gearing up for a custody battle. Her ex, Karl (Jake Johnson, impressively devoid of his signature gruff charm), wants to move their adorable daughter, Hazel (Nola Wallace), from New York to Boise with his new partner, Mallory (Jessy Hodges), a polished grown-up who makes the bohemian Paula feel like a mess. The stability the couple can demonstrate, relative to her psychological and financial precarity, makes her worry they’ll win. And that’s without anyone knowing she’s been spending her meager paychecks on sexy video-chat sessions with a camboy (Brandon Flynn’s Trevor).
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