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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.

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

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Apr 25, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $4,575,019

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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Jun 16, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • NTSC
  • Keep Case - Checkpoint - Sensormatic
  • Dual Side
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Surround - Spanish, French
  • Dolby Surround 5.1 - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette: CLUB SEXY
  • Audio Commentary: Director Marcel Langenegger
  • Behind the Scenes: Exposing the Deception:The Making of the Film

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  • 2. Trailer Farm: BEHIND ENEMY LINES 3, SHUTTER, WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
 
 
 
 

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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.

Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | comment Comment
12/05/08
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

A slick, cat-and-mouse thriller that unfolds with sharply-diminishing plausibility.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
10/18/08
Allan Hunter
Screen International

When you advertise an erotic thriller and then give us a comedy, that's deception in any language.

Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It is about as erotic as a midweek National Express coach journey to Hitchin.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
10/18/08
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

An indigestible concoction of ingredients thrown together without the benefit of any serious consideration of logic.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Steve Davis
Austin Chronicle

The film plays like two movies in one and they are sadly somewhat in conflict with one another.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

Stylishly directed and superbly acted but ultimately disappointing thriller, thanks to an over-familiar plot and some laughably bad dialogue.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/18/08
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

This film would make a perfect commercial thriller for James Spader and Rob Lowe were it still 1994.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
09/28/08
Brian Holcomb
CinemaBlend.com

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.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment 1 Comment
09/24/08
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

stin Ameriki de tha 'paize stis aithoyses an i Fox den eihe ton Wolverine (2009) na erhetai (gia na kanei ta hatiria toy protagonisti toy). Se pio kathysterimenes agores (bl. Ellada) kollaei kalytera (sti premiera gia tis Mazes egine psilopatimos), kai st

Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
06/29/08
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

There's not a twist in this flimsy and moth-eaten plot that isn't both contrived and transparent and not a character who hasn't been hopelessly manipulated by the needs of the narrative.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
06/10/08
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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All of the lead actors involved are far above the material. If they weren't involved it probably would have premiered on Cinemax at 3a.m.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

You'd think that with all the focus groups and test marketing Hollywood does that somewhere along the line someone would have said, "hey, don't you think this one strains credibility a bit too much?"

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
06/08/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

[Deception is] sluggish when it should be nimble, explanatory when things are clear, and loose with logic when rigor would be more apt.

Full Review Source: Paste Magazine | comment Comment
06/02/08
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine

(Deception) is a perfect example of an interesting plotline mixed in with some really cheesy and sappy moments.

Full Review Source: BDK Reviews | comment Comment
05/14/08
Kevin McCarthy
BDK Reviews

Ultimately, the movie packs less erotic heat than even Horton Hears a Who! or Young@Heart.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
05/07/08
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

...a hopeless 'erotic thriller' that, as it happens, is neither...

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
05/05/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

wants us to get all hot and bothered watching a status bar on an electronic funds transfer

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/04/08
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com

(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.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
04/30/08
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

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.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
04/30/08
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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