This film would make a perfect commercial thriller for James Spader and Rob Lowe were it still 1994.
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09/28/08
Deception (2008)
12 %
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Reviews Counted: 84
Fresh: 10
Rotten:74
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus: Deception is a middling, predictable potboiler with mediocre dialogue and ludicrous plot twists.
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 completes short-term audits for a large... [More]
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Maggie Q
Director: Marcel Langenegger
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Reviews for Deception
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
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
06/29/08
Top Critic 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.
06/08/08
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?"
06/08/08
[Deception is] sluggish when it should be nimble, explanatory when things are clear, and loose with logic when rigor would be more apt.
06/02/08
(Deception) is a perfect example of an interesting plotline mixed in with some really cheesy and sappy moments.
05/14/08
Ultimately, the movie packs less erotic heat than even Horton Hears a Who! or Young@Heart.
05/07/08
wants us to get all hot and bothered watching a status bar on an electronic funds transfer
05/04/08
(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.
04/30/08
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
Top Critic 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
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04/29/08
It's as if they took a Hitchcock movie and dropped the style and IQ level about 85 percent.
04/28/08
Top Critic 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
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