Mildly titillating, but not very good.
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04/25/08
Deception (2008)
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:11
Rotten:81
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: Deception is a middling, predictable potboiler with mediocre dialogue and ludicrous plot twists.
Theatrical Release:25-04-2008
Synopsis: Marcel Langenegger makes his feature-film directorial debut with the aptly titled DECEPTION, a film about secrets and lies. Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) feels that life is passing him by. He... [More]
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Natasha Henstridge
Director: Marcel Langenegger
Reviews for Deception
Top CriticIt is about as erotic as a midweek National Express coach journey to Hitchin.
10/18/08
Top CriticA slick, cat-and-mouse thriller that unfolds with sharply-diminishing plausibility.
10/18/08
The lack of a proper title is only the first sign that it's barely half-baked.
04/24/08
Stylishly directed and superbly acted but ultimately disappointing thriller, thanks to an over-familiar plot and some laughably bad dialogue.
10/18/08
Deception is kind of like the Oscars. Both plod lamely at the beginning, milking inane dialogue, before trying to squeeze far too much into the last little bit.
04/24/08
Deception collapses into such a ridiculous pile of plot twists and double crosses, that there's nothing pleasurable about it -- guilty or otherwise. It tries to deceive us into thinking it makes sense.
04/24/08
An indigestible concoction of ingredients thrown together without the benefit of any serious consideration of logic.
10/18/08
From the nondescript title on down, Deception is a movie made to be forgotten.
04/24/08
Williams has no chance to create a character, and McGregor's is one big -- no, slender -- cliche. And if it's fun at first to see Jackman acting urbane instead of all Wolverine-like, by the end he's just another brute in a suit.
04/25/08
In this case, audiences are deceived.
04/27/08
(Deception) is a perfect example of an interesting plotline mixed in with some really cheesy and sappy moments.
05/14/08
Calling your terrible crime thriller Deception is like naming your bad cooking movie Food -- an advertisement for laziness.
04/25/08
Overly deliberate, quite preposterous thriller.
04/25/08
Frankly there's nothing sadder in the world than to watch a sex-laden film unable to climax properly.
04/25/08
You don't have to be a genius to find yourself several steps ahead of this helpfully titled mystery thriller.
04/24/08
What can compare with the white-knuckle suspense of uploading a file?
04/25/08
Top CriticAs thriller storytelling, however, Deception cannot get enough of the obvious. Each major story revelation is so flagrantly telegraphed, when the revelations arrive they're more like fax confirmation sheets of what already came through.
04/24/08
Um sub-Jade (e quem se lembra daquele longa dirigido por William Friedkin sabe o que ser um "sub-Jade" significa) que teria sido lançado diretamente no Cine Privê da Band caso não contasse com um elenco tão célebre.
12/05/08
The all-too-obvious script weaknesses didn't spoil my fascination with the premise and where it took us. It also afforded me a whole new look at Williams.
09/24/08
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