Club Utopia

2015 • 108 minutes

About this movie

Sally is trapped in the role of dutiful housewife. Bored with daytime talk shows and tedious aerobics, she sets out into the world to make something of herself. Through a series of hilarious mishaps, she winds up becoming an exotic dancer at Club Utopia. The power she now has over men is intoxicating and her newfound confidence spills over into her home life. But something is amiss..

Ratings and reviews

Sally Enitlav is an under-appreciated housewife looking to at least get a part-time job while her husband Alex is preoccupied with stock trading and talking in his sleep about Gretchen from his office. Applying for what she expects to be a waitress position at Club Utopia, Sally discovers what they want is a dancer. Embarrassed, she gets a burlesque license and learning that a client paying for a table dance actually expects her to take off some clothes. Alex is suspicious of Sally's secrecy, so he hires a private detective Sabatini (Frank Caruso) and his cousin Mr. Cologne (Shiraz Tayyeb). This exposes him to blackmail over the Gretchen affair. Sally may team up with Sabatini and turn the tables on Alex and put his life comically in danger. Brett Halsey grounds his as the owner of Club Utopia. As Alex, Srdjan Nikolic's Russian accent removes any subtlety but adds to the agitated state of the character. Elsie Muller as Sally is at her most believable when crazy. Caruso directing himself as Sabatini works best when either the improbable voice of sanity or conning his own cousin Mr. Cologne into doing the dirty work of their caper.

Club Utopia is a well paced, funny movie that is great to escape into. There are scenes in the movie that had me laughing out loud, scenes that had me chuckling either because of good comedic timing or a sense of the familiar. This movie is a sexy fresh take on the 'bored housewife' and a paranoid husband. Well worth the watch.

A quirky, sexy comedy with plot twists and hilarity. Elise Muller graces the screen as Sally Enitlov, bored with her stoic, yet paranoid, cheating husband Alex (Srdjan Nikolic) combined with with a quirky private detective played by Frank A. Caruso who also produced, wrote and directed the film. Check it out!