Click to read the article
Deception (2008)
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q, Charlotte Rampling
Screenwriter: Mark Bomback
Producer: Arnold Rifkin, John Palermo, Hugh Jackman, Robbie Brenner, David L. Bushell, Christopher Eberts
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Reviews
The lack of a proper title is only the first sign that it's barely half-baked.
(Deception) is a perfect example of an interesting plotline mixed in with some really cheesy and sappy moments.
Ultimately, the movie packs less erotic heat than even Horton Hears a Who! or Young@Heart.
...a hopeless 'erotic thriller' that, as it happens, is neither...
wants us to get all hot and bothered watching a status bar on an electronic funds transfer
(This film is) not worthy of the work of Jackman, McGregor, and cinematographer Dante Spinotti. Not bad for an hour, but the ending is worse than ludicrous.
Everything is wrong pretty much from the start of this misbegotten adventure in Adrian Lyne territory, including but not limited to the strained mind games that drive the plot, and the tentative New York accents on the actors from Australia and Scotland.
Deception isn't deceiving anybody, except maybe the folks who slapped that idiotically generic title on it.
Detective Russo is bored with the story John tells her as soon as she hears it. And so, you feel instantly aligned with her, again, long steps ahead of all the shenanigans.
...an agreeable little thriller that benefits substantially from the uniformly stellar performances...
It's as if they took a Hitchcock movie and dropped the style and IQ level about 85 percent.
If some of the obvious "spoiliers" and plot holes had been addressed early on, Deception might have been the thriller it intended to be.
So when does enigmatic become incoherent? In the hands of an inept, inxperienced director.
'Deception' ends up as a splendid illustration of how acting skill can sometimes overcome a number of cinematic sins.
Can a movie title be so unthinkably bad that it single-handedly ruins the viewing experience? As it turns out, yes.
The most intriguing mystery may be the poor performance lately of Wall Street, as Deception suggests a yen for hard core kinky private sex clubs among the financial swells, that could be distracting them from proper concentration on money management.
Related Forums

by: THE spammer - NO mercy! 5/16

by: THE spammer - NO mercy! 5/16

by: AndrooM86 5/1
Pictures
Videos
Watch Now >>
News
posted by Tim Ryan and Alex Vo April 24, 2008
This week at the movies, we have expecting ladies (Baby Mama, starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler), on-the-lam stoners...
posted by Gitesh Pandya April 24, 2008
Two new buddy comedies enter the marketplace during the final weekend of the spring box office hoping to cash in on what...
posted by April 24, 2008
The Hugh Jackman/Ewan McGregor drama Deception might seem like an odd fit for 20th Century Fox, but it actually proves...


Top Critic
