Chloe

            Chloe is normally just an innocent girls name. Not in this review however. Today I am reviewing the movie Chloe. This is an independently made, R rated, erotic thriller that stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried in the title role.  The movie was released almost a year ago to date.
             The film's plot revolves around Julianne Moore's character Catherine. Catherine suspects her husband David (Liam Neeson) is cheating on her after he suspiciously misses his flight home and thus misses the surprise birthday party she had planned and spent thousands of dollars on for him. In turn she hires Chloe, an escort, to attempt to seduce her husband to try and see if her suspicions have validity to them. Sounds like just a bullet proof plan right? Obviously not, and of course the plan isn't as straight forward as it seems.
             Catherine and David's relationship hasn't been the best of late and her relationship with her son is almost completely non-existent unlike that of David's with him. As she puts Chloe out there as bait for David she gets consistent updates of the "progress" that is happening. The more news she receives from Chloe the more unstable Catherine seems to become, as well as becoming more attracted to Chloe as well. This all leads up to an unexpected passionate love scene between the two. Once here Catherine is done with Chloe services and wants to move on with her life, but of course that's not so easy as this is where the most suspense and thrill happens.
              The movie was good in the sense it lived up to its genre. It was suspenseful and a bit thrilling, but what disappointed me most was the plot didn't keep me from figuring it out before the end. Which once it all came together was very anticlimactic for me. Julianne Moore does a good job being completely all over the place in this movie, and Amanda Seyfried does very well at portraying the unbalanced seductive character that Chloe is. It's a bit of a shame Liam Neeson wasn't in the movie a bit more or had more of a challenging role.
              Overall, I have to give the movie a thumb in the middle and two stars. Don't let this discourage you from seeing it however. If you're unable to figure out the plot twist then this will be much more entertaining then I'm giving it credit for. I would recommend streaming it through Netflix or using Redbox for it though and not paying more expensive onDemand fees. On a final little side note the Canadian indie rock band Raised by Swans is featured heavily in this movie and I enjoyed their music. So keep an ear out for that.

I don't have my next review planned at the moment so feel free to leave a comment with some suggestions.