Film Review: CHLOE
starring Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson
directed by Atom Egoyan
Little Amanda Seyfried has come along way from Karen, the girl who has "ESPN or something" in Mean Girls because her boobs could tell when it's raining. Well her boobs are the center of attention all over again in Egoyan's lesbian twist on Fatal Attraction. Filled with sultry images and a very grown, mature, provocative performance from Seyfried, Chloe certainly has enough steam to keep its audience intrigued. Moore, who as usual, can do no wrong, plays a woman suspicious of her husband's fidelity. She hires Chloe, a high-class call girl to seduce him and see if he bites the apple. The build-up to the final act and the film's twist is filled with a lot of great detail, sumptuous cinematography and stand-out performances by these two dramatically different actresses. The flaws, however, come into play with a lesbian sex scene that seems out of character and simply thrown in to titillate. It comes into play as a very WTF moment and then the rest of the film seems unsure of itself. This is another one of those movies this year where the big reveal is questionable, like in Shutter Island or Remember Me. In a character study like Chloe, I think it would've been wiser to make more subtle moves instead of trying to pull a fast one on the audience. The same can be said for all of these movies, but Chloe has an upper hand simply because of how polished and elegant it is.
My Grade: B
