Film2008107 min

Deception

Name: Deception
Genre: Thriller
Released: 2008
Duration: 107 min
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Bruce Altman, Andrew Ginsburg

Taste attributes: thrillermysterycrimelegaldramaheistfastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatelinearenclosedemotionally undemandingall consuming questdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardy

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"When you're in this world, no one is who they seem, and everyone is playing the game."

Boxlist takeAn inventive, intricate thriller: serious and pacy. Best if you like surprises over comfort.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

5.9 /10

TMDB · 494 votes

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What lines up

Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
Pace: Fast, where this profile leans slow

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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.

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