Deception (2008)

This movie is an interesting thriller that has a bit of a film noir feel. The plot was good as was the script, and acting. I wasn't crazy about the ending, but otherwise this is a good film.

Plot: Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan Mcgregor) is a boring man. He is an accountant more specifically an auditor. He has no friends because he goes from business to business doing his audits. And the people he audits doesn't like him and he is never at the home business he works for. He is shy, nerdy and does not know how to approach women. At one of his jobs he meets Wyatt (Hugh Jackman) a dashingly handsome, rich lawyer that befriends him. They play tennis together, go to nightclubs, and start having lunch together. Then Wyatt goes to London for a meeting, only before he goes, his cell phone gets switched with Jonathan's. Jonathon finds out that Wyatt is part of a sex ring for the upper class--where one participant calls another for a night of passion, no names, no business talk, just sex. Wyatt gives Jonathan permission to use this list while he is gone. Its all fun and games until Jonathan falls in love with one of the participants "S" (Michelle Williams) she is called. One night when they are together she disappears out of their room and then Wyatt seems to never have existed. He doesn't work where he said he worked, he doesn't live where he said he lived--who was that man anyways, and what is going on?
You'll have to watch the movie to find out.

The the plot was good it dragged just a tiny bit for me in the middle--they might have overdone the sex ring bit a little. The ending wasn't what I expected nor did I care for it. The script was excellent, especially for Ewan's character, they had the nerdy auditor down pat.

The acting was excellent. Hugh Jackman plays Wyatt very well. This is an unusual role for him as we are used to him being the hero instead of a player, but it reminds me a bit of the role he played in "Scoop." He shows he can play the shady side as well as the good guy and incidentally he also help produce the film. Ewan Mcgregor excels at any role he is asked to play from the hero to the killer to the nerdy auditor. He is one of my favorite actors and you could actually believe he was an accountant with no friends. He delivered his lines perfectly making him totally believable. Michelle Williams is great as the mysterious Miss "S." She is seductive and beautiful the--perfect Femme Fatale.

Overall I enjoyed this film, it kept me guessing which is hard to do these days as many films as I have seen, but I could have wished for a stronger ending.