A Welcome Relief | Chloe [Blu-ray] | Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried

Excellent | Chloe [Blu-ray] | Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried

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	• Chloe [Blu-ray] Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried Sony Pictures Classics, 2010 average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Wonderful Surprise

As I read some of the reviews I am more than a little convinced that some reviewers didn't understand that Chloe the character is the one making and pulling all the strings. While Fatal Attraction type movies are often predictable, the move that Chloe places on Julianne Moore's character is also placed on the audience, and I doubt many honest viewers can say they saw what was coming down when all three characters got together momentarily at the cafe.

The opening scenes have Amanda Seyfried (who is GREAT, btw!) talking about how she "uses words." One is immediately tempted to condescend to what appears a simple-mindedness on the part of a young and extremely attractive prostitute. WATCH OUT! You'll be snookered, too. I loved it, and the contrast of the young-and-beautiful with the "not-knowing-how-to-grow-old" set was ballsy and well-done.

The idea of fantasy vs. Moore's OB-GYN advice that an "orgasm is merely a series of contractions." When Chloe is having sex with someone she's not into, she gazes and fixates on her lover's shoes, and has what one dead-headed reviewer regarded as a "shoegasm." While the term does make one chuckle, there should be praise for a writer/director who can at least TRY to reflect the nature of sexual fantasy during sex. Not an easy thing to do outside of animation.
Liam Neison and Moore are flawless, but it's Seyfried who one comes away wanting to see more of (no, I don't just mean naked)... And Atom Ergoyan as well. If I see either name on a coming project, I am there.

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A Welcome Relief

In this age of inarticulate and random cinematography, it is always a huge pleasure to see mature photography made by and for real adults and that uses the language of cinema to comment meaningfuly on the story and provide a subtext. I loved the way Catherine's thoughts are reflected by the brief images of things going on around her. These images (like that of her pouring a packet of sugar onto her seat in the restaurant) are so well selected that you feel you know exactly what she is thinking and feeling. And just the one shot of the back of her head at the very end (I won't reveal the meaning) speaks volumes. This is real cinema. Also, I loved the way an adult theme was handled unabashedly, objectively, and not without being at least somewhat sexy. A real movie for grownups! I would give this film 4 1/2 stars but don't want to go all the way to 5 because the denouement was indeed very "Hollywood." For all the above reasons, including the latter, this film reminded me of Hitchcock.

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Excellent

At first I was convinced that this movie was like many others: but not so. I found Chloe interesting, carefully put together, and not at all what I expected. Yes, there are elements in common with many other stories, however, altogether it was well told with lots of turns and twists which move the audience through various frames of mind. At each phase, you're left thinking that Chloe is one thing, and then she changes in to something altogether different. The acting was great.

A missed flight...a lack of intimacy...guarded secrets... To Catherine (Julianne Moore), every detail suggests that her husband David (Liam Neeson) has been unfaithful. But there's only one way to know for sure. Catherine pays the mysterious Chloe (Amanda Seyfriend), an escort, to seduce her husband. She wants to know exactly how far she can trust him. But soon Catherine finds herself pushed beyond all limits as passions burn and obsessions build. From Academy Award®-nominated director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, 1997).

"Intriguing, darkly erotic." -Tom Keogh, Seattle Times

"A supercharged erotic thriller!" -Caryn James, Marie Claire

"?a sexually charged drama?" -Bruce Kirkland, Toronto Sun

"good, dirty fun." -Ain't It Cool News

"devilishly sexy." -Paul Fischer, Dark Horizons

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