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Deadly Illusions

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Deadly Illusions

R

2020

1h 54m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A bestselling female novelist, suffering from writer's block, hires an innocent young woman to watch over her twin children. As the novelist dangerously indulges in her new best seller, the line between the life she's writing and the one she's living becomes blurred.

Riese Bernard

Autostraddle

I simultaneously insist you watch this straight gay film but also fail to recommend it.

Mar 29, 2021

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Lisa Kennedy

Variety

It's tricky deciding what kind of cheese "Deadly Illusions," a diverting thriller starring Kristin Davis and Dermot Mulroney streaming on Netflix, is exactly. Soft and overripe, from the look of it.

Mar 19, 2021

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Movies don't come much clunkier than "Deadly Illusions," an unconvincing mishmash of psychodrama and erotic thriller filled with silly plot holes, obvious dialogue, and risibly bad actions and reactions.

Mar 18, 2021

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Rebecca Johnson

Film Focus Online

The movie offers decent performances and a mystery element that makes the over-stretched runtime as engaging as it can be, yet the predictable and tired outcome will leave you wondering whether it was really worth the watch.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 6, 2023

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Matthew Turner

VODzilla.co

A throwback to the 1990s heyday of both the erotic thriller and its close cousin, the Fill-in-the-blank-from-Hell genre.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 25, 2022

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Amanda the Jedi

Amanda the Jedi (Youtube)

A Lifetime disaster masquerading as a competent thriller. I get the desire for ambiguity but at some point you need to commit to a thread

Jul 4, 2021

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Caroline L

I found this movie had an unrealistic storyline with stereotyped characters. It was unintentionally funny because of the bad acting. Greer Grammer gave a good performance, but the idea that she would be obsessed with Kristin Davis was not believable. This was no Fatal Attraction. I'm not sure who pulled strings to get this laugh-fest made.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Audience Member

it's fun! keeps you interested, not boring, I enjoyed it. it's not meant to be high cinema lol

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Audience Member

It’s a Lifetime movie with nudity.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/23/24

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Regina F

Like it! Kept me entertained till the end! I was surprised by such bad reviews(

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/04/24

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Ms E

Jarring transitions innit?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/28/24

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Andrew C

Barely watchable… clunky and predictable. Acting seemed hollow a lot of the time. Overall quite disappointing.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/25/23

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Anna Elizabeth James

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Mary Morrison

Dermot Mulroney

Tom Morrison

Greer Grammer

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Shanola Hampton

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Lora Martinez-Cunningham

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Synopsis

A bestselling female novelist, suffering from writer's block, hires an innocent young woman to watch over her twin children. As the novelist dangerously indulges in her new best seller, the line between the life she's writing and the one she's living becomes blurred.

Director: Anna Elizabeth James
Producer: Shanola Hampton, Greer Grammer, Anna Elizabeth James
Screenwriter: Anna Elizabeth James
Production Co: Kiss and Tale Productions
Rating: R (Language|Some Bloody Violence|Sexual Content/Nudity)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 19, 2021
Runtime: 1h 54m