Chloe

Chloe is directed by Atom Egoyan. Egoyan is a master of sexual thrillers, especially when they go kind of crazy--like this movie does. In Chloe Julianne Moore is a not so happy wife to Liam Neeson. She has been setting up his birthday party for months and has spent thousands of dollars collecting all of their friends and crafting the perfect birthday. Neeson is out of town and is due to fly in in time for the surprise party. However, he misses his flight, and Moore is devastated. The next morning after he has returned, Moore snoops around and discovers a scandalous photo on his phone. In a fury, she hires a call girl named Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce her husband. She just wants to know if he'll go for Chloe, instead of staying away. From this point the story takes many twists and turns, most of which I found plausible and comprehensive given the background story of the Julianne Moore character. While I was watching Chloe, the storyline actually didn't seem so nuts, but when I had heard about it from reading reviews earlier this year, I had admittedly thought: well this sounds dumb. But I think its the way the Egoyan directs the picture and Julianne Moore's acting that made it worthwhile. For, Moore's character becomes so devastated and desperate that all of her actions kind of do make sense. Now, the end is a cliché and it also comes with one of the more pleasant revelations about the movie. Thus, Chloe is no triumph for Atom Egoyan, but it's a decent film.
Chloe: ★★★