Chloe
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| | Customer Reviews: Beautifully filmed but has its share of flaws (08 September 2010)The reason I rented this movie was because I admire Liam Neeson's and Julianne Moore's acting skills, and loved Amanda Seyfried's performance in Big Love and Mamma Mia! The plot of the story is predictable enough - a middle-aged couple played by Moore and Neeson are experiencing some strains in their marriage and their teenage son is totally self-absorbed. Then Moore mets Chloe (Seyfried) in the ladies' room whilst at dinner with her husband. The viewer senses an immediate connection and when Moore suspects her husband of cheating on her, she asks Chloe to seduce him to see his reaction. Well, Chloe plays along with this charade, and gives a blow-by-blow of her sexual encounters with Neeson's character, much to Moore's initial mortification and eventual turn-on (yes, apparently she gets off on hearing about their sexual exploits). The story then takes a dark turn (well, darker) when Chloe begins to get obsessed with Moore's character, an obsession which is reciprocated to a certain extent. There's some sexual encounters between both women which initially struck me as weird but then slowly began to make sense. Chloe is a complex character, in fact I think her character was the most complex of the three. There is definitely a hint of an abandonment complex, a sense of emptiness within Chloe which she feels can only be assuaged with Moore. The clue here is the hair pin which Chloe keeps and later presents to Moore as a gift. In the deleted scenes, there's more background information provided which enables the viewer to understand the motivations of the characters which I wish had been portrayed in the movie. The acting is wonderful as can be expected from two experienced actors and a talented up-and-coming actor. I just wish the storyline had been more credibly dealt with. Little things annoyed me too - the portrayal of Moore and Neeson's son as an accomplished pianist and also a hockey player? Not many pianists I know would risk their precious hands playing a potentially risky sport. That aside, there was also some awkwardness in the performance of the teen son. This could have been a complex, erotic thriller but it fell short to me. Stars only for the actors (05 September 2010)Two stars for the three leads and nothing else. Boring, slow story; Chloe's motivations are unclear at best; another too-familiar tale of a family with lots of money and a nice house but nothing much going for them; self-absorbed people doing stupid, self-destructive things; stalker girl; dumb ending. Nothing else to say. Chloe Chloe Chloe (29 August 2010)Okay so i had imagined something a taf bit different. But when i recieved this product i watched that night and thought it was amazing, it had such a talednted cast, and amazing story line, and great acting. This movie is deffinatly not a family movie, but a great one to watch by yourself or with a date. This movie is truely amazing and i will deffinatly be telling my freind's and family about this gem! Buyer's Remorse (29 August 2010)A few months ago, I bought a copy of The Road and, as usual, when I first explore a new Sony disc, the first thing I like to look at is the trailer gallery (Sony always has the best). The very first trailer was for Chloe, the new Atom Egoyan flick. Now I was intriqued. Egoyan has been one of my favorite directors since I watched The Sweet Hereafter. Plus it had both Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried, two of the sexiest women in the biz right now. So I knew I had to see it. Fast forward to just last night. Around 2am, and having nothing better to do, I decided to finally pop it in the machine and I must say, I was pretty much kept on the edge of my seat throughout most of the flick. The story goes that Julianne Moore plays the wife of a popular music professor. Their marriage has apparently gone stale since he tends to try and stay out of town with his students and, it seems, has no sexual feelings towards her any more. Even their son appears to dislike her. One night while at dinner, she meets a seemingly shy young girl who, in reality, is a call girl. From here, Julianne hatches a plan to see if this girl, Chloe, can seduce her husband. She is to meet him and report back to her at the end of each session. Trouble is, when you play with fire, you end of getting burned. I really like the look and feel to this movie. The characters, especially our two leading ladies, were well rounded. Liam Neeson turns in a fairly good performance but, sadly, still appears to be coping with the lost of real life wife, Natshia Richardson who died not to long before this film was completed. It seems weird for Atom Egoyan to be helming this project. This doesn't seem to be his normal subgenre. You would think, giving the whole infidelity angle, that Chloe would be more up Adrian Lyne's alley which it does seem given that the third act does take more of a Fatal Attraction/Poison Ivy/Obsessed turn which, in my opion, drug the movie down. Had he simply stuck with the idea of being lured in to Chloe's charm and powers of persuasion, the movie may have been a pretty successful hit. Not saying that this movie was bad, far from it. In fact, I'm surprised that this movie was released straight to dvd with such star power while Obsessed was given a theatrical run given that that movie had the whole feel of a D2D. Still, its worth at least a peak. Sizzles. (23 August 2010)Chloe is an interesting film about obsession and testing the loyalties of love. Julianne Moore is pretty much flawless in this erotic thriller. Amanda Seyfried is good as well, she shows surprising depth as the title character, her huge eyes tell quite a story I must say. I really enjoyed this film until the cheesy ending, very disappointed by that. Overall, Chloe is a very sexy and almost solid flick. |
