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Deception (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 82 Fresh: 9  Rotten:73 Average Rating: 3.8/10
 
Consensus: Deception is a middling, predictable potboiler with mediocre dialogue and ludicrous plot twists.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

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 completes short-term audits for a large firm, but doesn't really feel any connection to his... 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]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q, Charlotte Rampling

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

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Sep 23, 2008

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06/29/08
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06/10/08
James Berardinelli
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1.5/4

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.

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06/08/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine
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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?"

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06/08/08
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org
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[Deception is] sluggish when it should be nimble, explanatory when things are clear, and loose with logic when rigor would be more apt.

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06/02/08
Robert Davis
Paste Magazine
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3/5

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

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05/14/08
Kevin McCarthy
BDK Reviews (CBS Radio)
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1/4

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

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05/07/08
Matt Brunson
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1/5

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

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05/05/08
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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2/5

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

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05/04/08
Jesse Hassenger
Filmcritic.com
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(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
Tony Medley
Tolucan Times
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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.

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04/30/08
Lisa Schwarzbaum
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2/5

Deception isn't deceiving anybody, except maybe the folks who slapped that idiotically generic title on it.

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04/30/08
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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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.

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04/30/08
Cynthia Fuchs
PopMatters
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...an agreeable little thriller that benefits substantially from the uniformly stellar performances...

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04/29/08
David Nusair
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04/29/08
BBC
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Deceptively dull

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04/28/08
Jackie K. Cooper
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It's as if they took a Hitchcock movie and dropped the style and IQ level about 85 percent.

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04/28/08
Richard Roeper
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If some of the obvious "spoiliers" and plot holes had been addressed early on, Deception might have been the thriller it intended to be.

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04/27/08
Diana Saenger
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In this case, audiences are deceived.

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04/27/08
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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So when does enigmatic become incoherent? In the hands of an inept, inxperienced director.

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04/27/08
Susan Granger
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