Review: 'Chloe'

Atom Egoyan's new film, Chloe, is as unexpected as it is a fresh, which is not something I thought I would say about a film that yet again brings back the "psycho scorned lover" a la Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction.

The story focuses on Catherine (Julianne Moore), a woman who suspects that her husband, David (Liam Neeson), is cheating on her. in order to find out for certain, she hires a call-girl named Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to try and seduce her husband and report back on what happens. If the plot seems a little unlike the stuff these three huge stars have done in the past, you are spot on. However, with Atom Egoyan's elegant and stylistic direction, instead of coming off as trashy and campy, the story comes off as provocative and captivating. Instead of focusing on "sex", Egoyan chooses to focus on "sexuality", and its those sexual desires and motives of the main characters that keeps the story building and moving forwards.

The acting was fantastic all-around, most notable being Amanda Seyfried (who is previously known for her roles in movies such as Mean Girls and Mamma Mia), who gave a career-defining performance. It's this performance that is going to singlehandedly help her break out of the "wide-eyed, sweet girl" roles and on-to more serious stuff. Julianne Moore was great as usual, and gave a very strong, fearless performance. While the ending left me a little unsatisfied, the movie is so strange (and let me tell you...it is one of the strangest movies i've ever seen...you NEED to know that going in) and interesting that I would even go for round two. Watch the trailer beforehand. You need to be prepared.

Rating: B-


**Watch the trailer here!