It’s noteworthy that “Chloe” is a loose remake of the far superior French film “Nathalie,” and it’s the first film that Egoyan did not write. The sharply uneven scenario is penned by Erin Cressida Wilson, who also wrote the ironically entertaining erotic fable “Secretary,” with James Spader Maggie Gyllenhaal, and the poor biopic feature, “Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,” starring Nicole Kidman, who was vastly miscast.
Is Atom Egoyan showing symptoms of the “dirty old man,” as Kubrick did when he stripped Nicole Kidman and caressed her body with his camera in “Eyes Wide Shut?” Perhaps. I have nothing against nudity, female or male, au contraire! But in “Chloe,” Amanda Seyfried exposes her beautiful breasts in the first scene and proceeds to do so at least five or six time in the course of the film.
Reviewed March 10, 2010.