Chloe (2009)
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A woman hires a call girl to test her husband's fidelity, only to find herself entangled in a complex web of desire and deception.
The story
Catherine, a gynecologist, becomes suspicious of her husband David's fidelity after discovering a compromising photo on his phone. To uncover the truth, she hires a call girl named Chloe to test his loyalty. However, the arrangement quickly complicates as Catherine and Chloe begin to develop a personal connection. As the two women interact, the lines between professional transaction and personal intimacy begin to blur, leading Catherine into a world of escalating emotional and physical stakes as she tries to navigate the truth about her marriage and her growing involvement with Chloe.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Catherine, a gynecologist, suspects her husband David of infidelity and hires a call girl named Chloe to test his loyalty. While Chloe reports back on her encounters with David, Catherine and Chloe develop a complex, intimate relationship. The situation spirals when Chloe begins to claim she is in love with Catherine. After a series of confrontations and revelations, it is revealed that David has remained faithful, and the truth about Chloe's fabricated stories comes to light. Following a final confrontation where Chloe threatens Catherine and eventually dies after a fall, Catherine and David reconcile, and the family remains together, though the memory of Chloe lingers.
- First release year
- 2009
- Runtime (minutes)
- 96
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Atom Egoyan
- Writers
- Erin Cressida Wilson · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Julianne Moore · Dr. Catherine Stewart; Liam Neeson · David Stewart; Amanda Seyfried · Chloe Sweeney; Max Thieriot · Michael Stewart
- Genres
- erotic thriller; psychological thriller
- Themes
- infidelity; identity; desire
- Tone and mood
- erotic; tense
- Premise and plot tags
- erotic thriller; psychological thriller; remake
- Source material / true-story basis
- Nathalie...
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics but was considered a commercial success, breaking the director's personal box office records and performing well in home video rentals.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 52% · scale: percentage · review count: 159
- Production trivia
- The film was shot in only 35 days.; The director insisted on using 35 mm film.; The film was the first produced by Atom Egoyan that was not written by him.
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