Deception

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Deception

R

2008

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

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Critics Consensus

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

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Drew Toal

Time Out

11/06/2018

2/5

The success of thrillers like this one depends heavily on skillfully handled smoke and mirrors, but Deception's predictable plot turns won't really deceive anyone.

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Geoffrey Macnab

Sight & Sound

11/06/2018

As the double-crosses come thick and fast, it's hard to retain much curiosity about or sympathy for any of the film's duplicitous protagonists.

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Bob Mondello

NPR

11/06/2018

When sex (and mystery) gives way to a multimillion-dollar heist (and explanations), the whole thing just gets silly. Sexy fun for a while, though.

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Brian Prisco

Pajiba

11/06/2018

It all culminates in one of the most audaciously terrible endings ever captured on celluloid.

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Dave White

Movies.com

11/05/2018

3/5

You know what's not sexy? Sexiness. I mean the overt, in-your-face, "Aren't we all being sultry and naughty?" sort of sexiness. Which is what this entire movie is, thinking it's daring.

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David Medsker

Bullz-Eye.com

11/05/2018

1.5/5

You'd be hard pressed to find a sex thriller as unsexy and thrill-free as Deception.

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Marcel Langenegger

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Synopsis

As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

Director: Marcel Langenegger
Producer: Hugh Jackman, Arnold Rifkin, John Palermo, Robbie Brenner, David Bushell, Christopher Eberts
Screenwriter: Mark Bomback
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Seed
Rating: R (Language|Brief Violence|Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 25, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 2, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.6M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby SRD, DTS, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)