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<\/a>\n\u201cChoe\u201d directed by Atom Egoyan, tells the story of a doctor named Catherine (Julianne Moore) who hires escort Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce her husband David (Liam Neeson) whom she suspects of cheating. Yet Chloe turns out to have plans of her own for Doctor Catherine and her family.<\/p>\n
Julianne Moore as always, does a wonderful job portraying Doctor Catherine, an anxious wife who goes to extreme measures to make sure she is not losing her husband to a younger woman. Moore, who has been in \u201cThe Forgotten\u201d and \u201cChildren of Men\u201d is so raw in the scene when Chloe explains the sexual acts she and her husband committed. When she broke down the entire theater was silent as we such listened and felt her sadness. I had higher hopes for Amanda Seyfried. With her movies such as \u201cMama Mia\u201d and \u201cDear John,\u201d both did well I expected a little more from this young actress. Yet I was disappointed with Seyfried. Her eyes were always empty, as though she was thinking about her next line rather than paying attention to what the other actor was saying. She did okay but nothing really stood out in her performance.<\/p>\n
The screenplay written by Erin Cressida Wilson. Who has also done \u201cThe Resident.\u201d I did find the screenplay to have a three act structure yet the end was very confusing and I didn\u2019t like it all. There were some twists that I found original such as Chloe falling for Catherine and becoming obsessed with her.<\/p>\n
The mise-en-scene was eye-pleasing and interesting. The way costume designer Debra Hanson dressed Chloe made her such an interesting personality. Her large coats, long blonde hair, Marilyn Monroe figure, and black lingerie really brought Chloe to life even if Amanda Seyfried\u2019s acting wasn\u2019t phenomenal. The low light they showed during the sex scene, and brilliant fill they used to light up Chloe\u2019s porcelain skin.<\/p>\n
The editing was done by Susan Shipton. Shipton as also worked on films such as \u201cWhere the Truth Lies\u201d and \u201cBeing Julia\u201d did an excellent job with the editing. The editing for the most part is quick yet the story is still easy to follow. There was one scene where Chloe and Catherine were having a conversation that I feel lasted too long and I got a little bored. But other that I was kept intrigued. \u201cChole\u201d was a good film, I wouldn\u2019t say excellent but because of Julianne Moore it is worth seeing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reviewed by Jacqueline Gomez at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2010. \u201cChoe\u201d directed by Atom Egoyan, tells the story of a doctor named Catherine (Julianne Moore) who hires escort Chloe (Amanda Seyfried) to seduce her husband David (Liam Neeson) whom she suspects of cheating. Yet Chloe turns out to have plans of her own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":798,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-films","category-santa-barbara-film-festival-2010"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}