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Not one. Not a line, a gesture, a look, a staging, a situation, a location. Even Madrid is unconvincing as itself -- and it's Madrid! Likewise, the movie's New York is as lovely as the women in the montage sequences, but they all look artificial, although they are gorgeously photographed by Dante Spinotti " Heat " , " L.

Confidential ," " The Insider ". Stanley Kubrick had solid aesthetic reasons for making sex and the city look dreamlike and unreal in " Eyes Wide Shut. They're fleetingly pretty, but are supplied for decoration only. Long after "Deception" should have been over, the "twists" keep on coming. Most memorable is a transition from a closeup of a plastic wind-up duckie to a long shot of a seagull. That one I did not see coming.

Everything else is equally risible, made all the more so by the filmmakers' determination to nail down every last painstakingly delineated plot point while ignoring the great black holes of story and characterization that long ago rendered it all so very pointless.

Rated R for for sexual content, language, brief violence and some drug use. Hugh Jackman as Wyatt. Michelle Williams as S. Natasha Henstridge as Analyst. Maggie Q as Tina. Charlotte Rampling as Belle. Ewan McGregor as Jonathan. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your email. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. Cancel Resend Email. You might also like. Rate And Review Submit review Want to see. Super Reviewer. Rate this movie Oof, that was Rotten.

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How did you buy your ticket? View All Photos Movie Info. As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry Ewan McGregor wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose Hugh Jackman leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S Michelle Williams , who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.

Marcel Langenegger. Mark Bomback. Apr 25, wide. Sep 23, Hugh Jackman Wyatt Bose. Michelle Williams S. LisaGay Hamilton Det. Maggie Q Tina. Natasha Henstridge Wall Street Analyst. Lynn Cohen Woman. Danny Burstein Clute Controller. Malcolm Goodwin Cabbie. Charlotte Rampling Wall Street Belle. Margaret Colin Ms. Paul Sparks Det. Frank Girardeau Mr. Paz de la Huerta List Member 1. Marcel Langenegger Director. Mark Bomback Screenwriter. Hugh Jackman Producer.

Arnold Rifkin Producer. John Palermo Producer. Robbie Brenner Producer. David Bushell Producer. Christopher Eberts Producer. Marjorie Shik Executive Producer. Dante Spinotti Cinematographer. Patrizia von Brandenstein Production Design. Christian Wagner Film Editor. But what really is going on? You will probably even see some of the twists coming. Yet the film is still terrifically compelling. Rush keeps us swinging between repulsion and sympathy for his prickly character, and the production design - which includes stunning recreations of the old master paintings that Virgil hoards in a secret room - is a marvel.

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