French Chloe Trailer

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Atom Egoyan's reportedly better-than-decent Chloe, which I didn't have a chance to see in Toronto, will be released by Sony Classics on 3.26.10. Married woman (Julianne Moore) hires a professional (Amanda Seyfried) to lure her husband (Liam Neeson) into an affair in order to assess his character, etc. "Can I borrow your sugar?" is too cliched -- it should have been "can you spare one of your Equal packets?" And the panting at the end is too much.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on January 12, 2010 at 4:44 AM

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LexG says ...

A movie like CHLOE would appear to be an example of why MOVIES ARE BETTER THAN LIFE.

Like, where does this EVER happen in real life? Has this ever happened, ever? To ANYONE?

It's all brilliant and saucy and sexy on screen, but in REAL LIFE, has there ever been a pasty middle-aged couple, where the wife gets worried about her husband's infidelity, so she HIRES a SMOKING HOT BLONDE 23-YEAR-OLD to *hit on him* which leads not just to phone booth BJs, but to the wife eventually getting SEDUCED BY THE HOT CHICK?????

A lot of YOU GUYS are married. This sound like your day-to-day? 99.9999% of relationships in the world, this scenario and this movie would end three minutes in, with Julianne hitting Neeson over the head with a ROLLING PIN and him buying some flowers like a douche and them putting it behind them. On what planet do 40-something wives HIRE A HOT CHICK TO SEDUCE THEIR MAN, then when the husband takes the chick up on it, the wife goes, "eh, while I'm at it, she's hot, I'll sleep with her too"?

Again, I'm ALL FOR IT as a movie personally, more power to Egoyan for getting the usually sunny, sweet and lovable Seyfried to agree to this shit under the hilarious auspices of "art"... but it's about as realistic as "Avatar."

Just funny that when an "artist" like Atom Egoyan, an Altman, a Kubrick makes such an obvious horndog lech-fest, we all have to assume it's for some noble artistic purpose, but when it's Michael Bay shooting Megan Fox through golden filters hunched over a motorcycle, it's some sexist, tacky antifeminist objectification.

It's all the same thing. Just these middle-aged directors enjoying their (awesome) privilege of shooting beautiful women in various states of undress. More power to them... I just don't know HOW they explain it to the wives.

Posted by LexG at January 12, 2010 5:08 AM

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LexG says ...

Also: Neeson's "hair" in this trailer is about as dubious as Nic Cage's in "Weather Man."

Posted by LexG at January 12, 2010 5:10 AM

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TulseLuper says ...

With all due respect to Atom Egoyan -- whose work I really love -- this is basically an old straight-to-video erotic thriller you'd find on late night Cinemax. The only reason it's getting a mainstream release is because it happens to have big names on it.

Posted by TulseLuper at January 12, 2010 5:14 AM

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LexG says ...

Tulse? Amanda Seyfried > Atom Egoyan.

All due respect to all the regulars here, and of course Jeff and all you guys who do this for a living and take it very seriously, but sometimes a HOT CHICK is the main reason to do or see something. You don't have to pretend everything has some nobler purpose. We're MEN. We only exist to find newer, younger, and sexier women. I've like some Atom Egoyan movies, been indifferent to others... but this thing could be directed by Shawn Levy for all I care, because I am going to see Amanda Seyfried naked. And that's probably why Egoyan directed in the first place.

Reminds me of those awesome scenes in the doc about James Toback, "The Outsider," where slick-talking, cock of the walk Toback has goody-goody Neve Campbell acting like she's in some world-class work of art, justifying all her awesome, gratuitious nude scenes, "artiste" Toback no doubt laying some incredible BS and Neve looking like she's making "Last Tango." (Note: Toback is GOD, so I'm not hating the player, just amusing that actresses fall for this ruse again and again....)

You can all fool yourselves that you have loftier sensibilities, but in the end, CINEMA is the art of men filming HOT WOMEN. Oh, who said that? Why, yes, Jean-Luc Godard, who clearly paved the way for LexG.

Posted by LexG at January 12, 2010 5:25 AM

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vansmith says ...

I agree with Lex. But going to the movies to see hot women naked isnt the move, you're better off renting the pic. The theater is for the visual spectacle, i dont need to see a 25ft pair of tits..well it depends i guess....

Posted by vansmith at January 12, 2010 5:38 AM

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Guy Lodge says ...

The film is by no means "better than decent" -- it's the very definition of "okay."

But yes, Amanda Seyfried is supernaturally beautiful in it. And I'd never really got her before.

Posted by Guy Lodge at January 12, 2010 5:41 AM

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DavidF says ...

I'm with Guy on both counts.
The film has a great pedigree so the actors are good and it looks great but at the end of the day it's kind of an attempt to do a Fatal Attracion for the 21st century or something that doesn't quite come together.

And there is something supernatural about how Seyfried looks in it - I remember the sheer size of her blue eyes being distracting (in a good way) when I saw it (among other things).

Oh, and Lex might be happy to know that she actually gets naked during the openiing credits so you don't have to invest too much time unless you want to hang around for the (spoiler?) girl on girl action.

Anyway, I also saw an early screening and the ending was kind of a mess so I'll hope/presume they've tightened that up. It got some unintentional laughs, as I recall.

Posted by DavidF at January 12, 2010 6:11 AM

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raygo says ...

Seyfried has been front and center on HBO's Big Love the past two seasons. She's doing extraordinary work there, and I'm sure that's why you're seeing her in more mainstream films. And Mamma Mia showed she has an amazing voice. She should be the go-to girl for 20-something casting.

Posted by raygo at January 12, 2010 6:51 AM

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Guy Lodge says ...

By the way, why wouldn't you say "Can I borrow your sugar?" Sometimes real life is that obvious.

As a furriner, I can only assume Equal is some kind of sugar substitute.

Posted by Guy Lodge at January 12, 2010 7:31 AM

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marychan says ...

TulseLuper, Atom Egoyan's "Where the Truth Lies" was also an erotic-thriller that has some big names on it.
But no US distributor wanted to release "Where the Truth Lies" theatrically, so the film's producer Robert Lantos was forced to self-release the film theatrically in US through ThinkFilm . (At that time, Robert Lantos was the half-owner of ThinkFilm)

"Chloe" is more lucky; at least it will be released in the US theatrically by a big studio specialty division.

Posted by marychan at January 12, 2010 9:33 AM

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Floyd Thursby says ...

Hey, Lex, there's no such thing as "gratuitious nude scenes" when a female is involved.

Posted by Floyd Thursby at January 12, 2010 9:47 AM

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polarbear2 says ...

Didn't Mike Judge's 'Extract' cover the exact same story?

Posted by polarbear2 at January 12, 2010 12:23 PM

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marychan says ...

But "Chloe" is an official adaptation of a French film "Nathalie".
"Nathalie" ws released much eariler than "Extract".

Posted by marychan at January 12, 2010 12:42 PM

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chad_pole says ...

Was gonna say, this sounds EXACTLY like "Nathalie." Except that Amanda Seyfried is no Emmanuelle Beart, in looks or in talent.

Posted by chad_pole at January 13, 2010 12:53 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Lex: I'm just surprised Neeson's doing a movie this risque so soon after his wife passed away.

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