Synopsis
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The List, an underground sex club. Jonathan begins an affair with a woman known only as S, who introduces Jonathan to a world of treachery and murder.
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Cast
- Hugh JackmanWyatt Bose
- Ewan McGregorJonathan McQuarry
- Michelle WilliamsS
- Natasha HenstridgeSimone Wilkinson
- Charlotte RamplingWall Street Belle
- Bruce AltmanLawyer #1
- Andrew GinsburgLawyer #2
- Stephanie Roth HaberleAssistant Controller
- Dante SpinottiHerr Kleiner / Mr. Moretti
- Karolina MullerWaitress
- 63
TV Guide Magazine
Jackman and McGregor are a delight to watch. - 60
L.A. Weekly
This vision of Gotham is as fastidious as the cockpit of a BMW. But rather than sell luxury sedans, Deception offers a fantasy even big money can't buy -- Wall Street as a cross between a James Bond adventure and a Victoria’s Secret spread. - 50
Chicago Tribune
With her arresting, off-kilter look of bruised desire, Michelle Williams ends up being the most interesting aspect of this somber corn. - 50
The A.V. Club
The dynamic between Jackman and McGregor bears an uncanny resemblance to that of Aaron Eckhart and Matt Malloy from "In The Company Of Men": the cool, suave, experienced philosopher of excess and his weaker, more earnest pupil. - 50
USA Today
Deception is not the cool, noirish thriller it tries to be. Despite a cast that includes double-crossers Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams caught in the middle, the film is a yawn. - 42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The film's first-time director, the TV-commercial-trained Marcel Langenegger, is out to emulate Hitchcock with dashes of "Vertigo," "Strangers on a Train" and more. But his homage is uninspired and disconnected, and his film is a bore. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Why Hugh Jackman was so excited by Mark Bomback's script to star and produce the film is as big a mystery as why such talents-on-a-roll as Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams joined the cast. - 40
Variety
Strip out Deception's fleeting nudity and what's left is a throwback to "B" movie days -- a thin thriller, burdened by clunky dialogue and prone to telegraphing its twists.