Chloe 2010

If the one you love was lying to you, how far would you go to find out the truth?

6.092 / 10   1639 vote(s)
R
Drama Thriller Mystery

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the family in danger.

Release Date 2010-02-25
Runtime 1h 36m
Directors Atom Egoyan, Paul Sarossy, Richard Black, Daniel J. Murphy, JP Locherer
Producers Ivan Reitman, Jeffrey Clifford, Joe Medjuck, Olivier Courson, Daniel Dubiecki, Ron Halpern, Tom Pollock, Jason Reitman, Stephen Traynor, Simone Urdl, Jennifer Weiss, Ali Bell, Erin Cressida Wilson
Writers Erin Cressida Wilson, Anne Fontaine

When Nathalie became Chloe.

A remake of 2003 French film Nathalie, Chloe is directed by Atom Egoyan and it stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried and Max Thieriot. Story has Moore as a successful doctor who suspects her husband is being unfaithful with his younger students. Hiring a prostitute to pose as a student and catch him in the act, it sets in wheels the motions of untapped passions and deadly emotions.

It's a bit Hitchcock lite in truth, but the strength of the cast list always keeps the story interesting. The key turns in the plot are to be taken with a pinch of salt, but Egoyan and his team keep things ethereal as the tech credits are splendidly mounted. A safe and solid erotic thriller, even if it's more low-rent than high-grade. 6/10

John Chard

Well shot erotic-thriller by Atom Egoyan featuring three good performances from Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried (both sharing a steamy sex scene for a mainstream film) and Liam Neeson. Also has a tragic element with Seyfried's character. This is one I've had in my collection for a while but never got around to watching. 3.5/5

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