(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.
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04/30/08
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
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.
04/30/08
Deception isn't deceiving anybody, except maybe the folks who slapped that idiotically generic title on it.
04/30/08
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.
04/30/08
...an agreeable little thriller that benefits substantially from the uniformly stellar performances...
04/29/08
Deceptively dull
04/28/08
It's as if they took a Hitchcock movie and dropped the style and IQ level about 85 percent.
04/28/08
If some of the obvious "spoiliers" and plot holes had been addressed early on, Deception might have been the thriller it intended to be.
04/27/08
In this case, audiences are deceived.
04/27/08
So when does enigmatic become incoherent? In the hands of an inept, inxperienced director.
04/27/08
'Deception' ends up as a splendid illustration of how acting skill can sometimes overcome a number of cinematic sins.
04/26/08
Can a movie title be so unthinkably bad that it single-handedly ruins the viewing experience? As it turns out, yes.
04/26/08
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.
04/25/08
It also doesn't help that the final reel reeks of preposterous event turns.
04/25/08
The kind of edge-of-your-seat sexual thriller that grabs you and doesn't let go.
04/25/08
If you want a film to have this many twists, don't name it Deception. That would be like naming Citizen Kane something like It's a Sled.
04/25/08
A would-be erotic thriller with no heat and zero chills, Deception has the kind of glassy, glossy sheen and risible story that mean to suggest Basic Instinct but instead invoke lesser laughers like Jade and Sliver.
04/25/08
Top CriticDespite a cast that includes double-crossers Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams caught in the middle, the film is a yawn.
04/25/08
It's a b-movie lark that aspires to something more and falls short, and the less you expect in the way of believability, the more enjoyable it is.
04/25/08
The inevitable absurdities and coincidences of the plot are easy enough to accept along the way, except perhaps for the sex club, which is just a little too absurd to function as a plot device.
04/25/08
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