gridoon2018 The cover of this movie has a quote from some critic who says "If you like Hitchcock, you'll love "Deceived"". I say "if you like thrillers where you can tell who the bad guy is just by looking at the title and the cast, you'll love "Deceived"". John Heard gives a solid and creepy performance as the duplicitous husband, but there is no transformation - he's creepy right from the start. His "resurrection" after his supposed death must be one of the most unshocking "shocks" in thriller history. Goldie Hawn looks good (it's amazing that she was in her mid-40s when she made this!) but her performance lacks the Goldie Hawn spark; I understand that she chose this role to "play it straight", but she may have played it TOO straight. The movie is tiresome and predictable, but the New York location shooting and Thomas Newman's score help it a little. ** out of 4.

Maziun Good performances by Goldie Hawn (In a rare non-comic role) and John Heard. The movie is quite well directed and moves along nicely. The final showdown in the movie has a quite memorable and surprising scene. I didn't notice plot holes or mistakes.It doesn't change the fact that this is too simplistic and too predictable thriller. I was able to figure out the "twists" , so no surprises here (with an exception of one scene). The scary scenes are also very cliché. What is the point of watching a thriller when you know what is going on and what is going to happen ? I wasn't bored however and at least my intelligence was respected. Almost a decent time killer. I give it 3/10.

Scarecrow-88 Rare straight role for Goldie Hawn--no yucking it up here--is a totally serious part, a departure from the rest of her oeuvre. She portrays the happy wife to a husband who dies under supposed tragic circumstances, only for her investigation into his past turning up results she couldn't possibly have prepared for. John Heard is mainly involved in the ending with Hawn doing a lot of the heavy dramatic lifting. This part for Hawn features a rather aching, somber, and frustrated character; learning that your loving husband is a totally completely person, her Adrienne having to come to terms with some harsh realities, the role requires a certain type of disturbed, unsettled, and saddened temperament/response to the developments that transpire during her investigation. Heard's calm and rather ordinary phone call to Hawk, having their daughter in his possession, demanding the jewel necklace, and wanting her not to phone the police (or tell the woman next to her what their conversation's about) proves just how much of a sociopath he really is. Heard does lose it at the end when he must explain to Hawn that he does what is necessary when he has her cornered and seemingly at his mercy. Moody photography is a major plus even if a lot of the Hollywood devices (cat jumping out, pigeons flocking about out the window, the eye peering through the crack of a closet door, the little girl complaining to mommy in horror that a man was in her room) typical in these types of thrillers are used throughout. Doesn't invent the wheel, but Deceived should be of interest to fans of Goldie. The loud sound effects and noisy, obtrusive score, especially at the end when Heard is after Goldie and the necklace, can be a bit overbearing, but I like this change of pace for Hawn, trying a different genre (although, Foul Play was kind of comic thriller), and not relying on her gifted comedy skills must have been a challenge worth taking. Identity theft, so prevalent today, works its way into the investigation revealing Heard for the fraud that he is.

Rich Wright PAH, the only one being 'deceived' around here is the watcher, being told this is a 'chilling thriller'. Well, the only thing that spent shivers down my spine in this brainless slop was the latest in a long line of cutesy-poo American child actresses guaranteed to grate on your nerves from the moment she opens her sweet little mouth. MOMMY! DADDY! MY VOICE COULD MAKE BUDDHISTS GO ON A KILLING SPREE!! I don't know about you, but I'm starting to think King Herod had the right idea...The story here would insult the intelligence of a slug, the 'twist' would only catch out those who fell asleep for the first half-hour (thoroughly recommended btw) and the entire product is just one big embarrassment. And guess what?! The final 'epic confrontation' takes place in... Wait for it... AN ABANDONED BUILDING!! I'm starting to think they only build those places so psychotic killers can fall to their deaths from there, with an evil leer on their faces...Well, at least Goldie's getting older now, so she won't be able to make too many more terrible movies... OH NO WHAT'S THIS... SHE HAS A DAUGHTER CALLED KATE HUDSON WHO'S CARRYING ON THE FAMILY TRADITION?! NNNOOOO *Screams to fade out* (Now THAT'S a good twist...) 3/10