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Deception (2008)

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Reviews Counted:146

Fresh:45

Rotten:101

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: Deception is a middling, predictable potboiler with mediocre dialogue and ludicrous plot twists.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for sexual content, language, brief violence and some drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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 completes short-term audits for a large firm, but doesn't really feel any connection to his employer and finds it difficult to make friends at his assignments since he's never there for long. Jonathan's circumstances change overnight when charming lawyer Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman) befriends him. In an instant, the shy accountant is playing doubles tennis with his new friend and beautiful women and visiting upscale clubs. Just as mild-mannered Jonathan is getting used to his new lifestyle, Wyatt leaves town on business. When Jonathan finds himself mistakenly in possession of Wyatt's cell phone, he also discovers a whole new world of anonymous sex in elite Manhattan hotels with powerful women known simply as "The List." But soon Jonathan is in over his head: he's the prime suspect when a woman goes missing, and the threat of extortion looms. This tale weaves an intricate web of lies and treachery. Jackman is both charming and chilling as Wyatt, a man utterly without conscience, while McGregor falls easily into character as the bespectacled Everyman, Jonathan. Nerdy but likable, Jonathan really just wants to connect with someone. Along the way, he learns that he is capable of more than he ever expected. Michelle Williams stars as Jonathan's love interest, looking far more glamorous than she did in BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q, Natasha Henstridge, and Charlotte Rampling also make brief appearances in the film, which is set primarily in New York City with a side trip to Madrid. [More]

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Natasha Henstridge

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Natasha Henstridge, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q, Charlotte Rampling

Director: Marcel Langenegger

Director: Marcel Langenegger
Screenwriter: Mark Bomback
Producer: Arnold Rifkin, John Palermo, Hugh Jackman, Robbie Brenner, David L. Bushell, Christopher Eberts
Composer: Ramin Djawadi
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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