Chloe

Canadian director Atom Egoyan likes to make smart intelligent adult thrillers or dramas. This time he tries his hand at a remake of a French film.

I first became aware of Atom when he was nominated for an Oscar for his film 'The Sweet Hereafter'. I thought it was an excellent film and soon came to admire him. This film while not as good as some of his previous work is still a good film. The story has been done a few times before so there is a certain amount of familiarity to it. I suppose the whole lesbian thing is a bit new as you normally don't see that happen in other films. It is the two relationships in the film which drive it and I found interesting. You are constantly wondering what Chloe's motives are and why she is seducing and manipulating Catherine. It is very similar to 'Fatal Attraction'. Then there is Catherine's relationship with her husband David. I quite liked how that relationship develops and ultimately resolves.

Julianne Moore is such an amazing actress. She is so versatile in the roles she can play and does an excellent job in all of them. Julianne is once again excellent here. Liam Neeson has the difficult role of being the unfavourable one in the film. You may not come to like him completely you still like how his character grows. The big surprise is Amanda Seyfried. Most of her films lately have been light fluffy stuff, so it is nice to see her do something meaty and with a bit of substance. It nicely shows her acting skills.

The attraction of this film for most people will be the sex scenes. But it is also a great erotic drama that has a good story and interesting characters to back it up.