Everyone's A Critic

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1. Robert Gallop
   Posted March 6, 2010 at 21:17 | #

   The “Everyone’s A Critic” Review

   “Chloe”, a remake of the French film “Nathalie”, would have been a another run-of-the-mill sexual thriller had it not been in the hands of director Atom Egoyan (director of the sublime “The Sweet Hereafter”) and its fantastic cast.

   This film tells the story of a hardworking doctor, Catherine (Julianne Moore), who fears her teacher husband, David(Liam Neeson), is having an affair after he fails to return home on the night of his surprise birthday. To try and discover the truth, Catherine hires an escort, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), to try and seduce him to see how he would react.

   The premise is a little out there, but Moore and Seyfried are so convincing in their roles, that it works. Neeson is a little under used, but he plays his role well – it is never 100% clear how faithful a husband he is. Moore portrays the insecure Catherine with absolute honesty, and you feel her pain when she recounts the love she feels she has lost from her husband. Seyfried is also excellent as Chloe – though her profession is one that most frown upon, you feel for her plight and that she simply wants to be loved.

   As this is Hollywood, Chloe’s need for love turns to obsession as she turns nasty after being spurned by a confused Catherine.

   There are some neat (if predictable) twists in the tale and the film is directed and written with confidence; however, without this cast and direction, this would have been a very mediocre affair as the story itself is nothing new.

   For an entertaining and sexually charged thriller which also takes an honest look at long-term fidelity, this is one to watch.

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