Deception

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Deception

2021

1h 45m

Drama

Romance

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19 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

London - 1987. Philip is a famous American writer living in exile in London. His mistress comes regularly to see him in his office, a refuge for the two lovers. They make love here, they argue, they reconcile and talk for hours - about the women who mark out his life, about sex, antisemitism, literature, and remaining true to oneself...

Danny Leigh

Financial Times

Deception is one word for it. Another is absurdité.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 10, 2022

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Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

If you've never read the works of Philip Roth, Deception is likely to come across as an absolutely baffling exercise in tedium that has nothing to say about anything in particular and won’t shut up about it.

Rated: 1.5/4

May 20, 2022

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

If you can tolerate... passé indulgences, there’s also something slyly compelling about this ethereal, pillow-talk-heavy drama.

May 19, 2022

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Ricardo Rosado

Fotogramas

Vacuous in content but deceptively magnetic... [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Jun 3, 2022

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Philipp Engel

Cinemanía (Spain)

Desplechin has marked the best Roth adaptation to date, and an absolute triumph, above all else for Seydoux. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

May 31, 2022

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Harvey S. Karten

Shockya.com

Philip Roth does not display the toxic masculinity for which he was known.

Rated: B

May 15, 2022

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Ian E

Unlike the paid reviewers I don't have to watch a movie through to the end, to see if it turns out to be any good. This had not a single redeeming feature, and was wordy, ill-cast, ill-conceived, ill-produced and bloated. I lasted twenty minutes before giving up.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/13/24

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Dani G

Pretending to be phylosophical, it goes into a tedious, boring deep territory. But it's always a pleasure to see the interesting and strong presence of Lea

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

05/11/24

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Arnaud Desplechin

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Denis Podalydès

Philip

Léa Seydoux

L'amante anglaise

Emmanuelle Devos

Rosalie

Anouk Grinberg

L'épouse de Philip

Madalina Constantin

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Synopsis

London - 1987. Philip is a famous American writer living in exile in London. His mistress comes regularly to see him in his office, a refuge for the two lovers. They make love here, they argue, they reconcile and talk for hours - about the women who mark out his life, about sex, antisemitism, literature, and remaining true to oneself...

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux
Screenwriter: Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, Philip Roth
Production Co: La Région Île-de-France, Why Not Productions, Ciné+, Canal+
Genre: Drama, Romance
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Streaming): May 20, 2022
Runtime: 1h 45m