Chloe

Chloe, directed by Atom Egoyan, is based on Anne Fontaine's film Nathalie. And, yes, there are many similarities but it is not the same film.

Catherine Stewart (Julianne Moore) is a successful gynecologist. Her husband David (Liam Needson) is a successful professor. They seem to have a good marriage. Or do they? Catherine thinks that David is cheating. So she decides to hire a prostitute named Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to lure him and see if he accepts the bait. And boy does he ever. But there is much more to this then meets the eye. I had an idea about what to expect because I saw Nathalie. But the film goes into a different directions as it moves along.

Egoyan is an interesting director and I generally like his films (I loved The Sweet Hereafter). Moore is just wonderful as Catherine and Seyfried is terrific as Chloe. And the two of them have terrific chemistry. I liked Neeson but I thought that he was underused (as was Gerard Depardieu in Nathalie). And I loved the way Toronto was filmed.

Many critics have put this film down but take my word for it - it is a good film. It is erotic and suspenseful and I don't understand the critics. But I don't have to listen to them. I can make up my own mind about what films I see. And so shouldyou.