Deceived
Deceived
PG-13 | 27 September 1991 (USA)
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The murder of a museum curator places art dealer Jack Saunders under suspicion for selling forged treasures to museums. When Jack suddenly dies in a car crash, his wife Adrienne tries to discover what he did on her own. She finds that she knew little about the man she was married to. The more she learns about her husband's possible illegal activities and double life, the more she places her daughter, and herself, in grave danger.

Reviews
Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess
Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation
bettycjung 7/114/18. Given that I watched this 27 years after it came out, and still found it good to watch says something about the writing and the acting. A good suspense thriller that reveals tidbits like the way you peel an onion, though not as tearful an experience. Hawn marries a man she eventually realizes, upon his "death" is not who she thought he was. Applying for social security benefits and finding she had no death benefits is the first clue to investigate what's going. Amateur sleuthing on Hawn's part reveals a whole lot, leaving her in danger. Worth catching.
wtbrick The 1991 thriller 'Deceived", led by Academy award winner Goldie Hawn is defiantly an experiment for her.(From comedy's to a more dramatic role.) It starts fairly normal, and then just turns absurd and crazy in the final act, with some mixed results overall.It starts rather promisingly with a woman named Adrienne Saunders(Goldie Hawn), who enters a seemingly happy marriage & has a kid with a guy named Jack Saunders(John Heard). But, after he parishes in a car accident, she slowly starts to unravel secrets about him & twists abound!This film is directed by Damian Harris(who didn't go on to do much of anything) and written by Bruce Joel Rubin("Ghost"), and Mary Agnes Donoghue("Beaches", "Paradise", Veronica Guerin" and "white Oleander" etc). It is competently shot by Harris, & there are some well executed scenes, especially in the first half of the film.Goldie Hawn is fine, but not mind blowing as the straight person trying to unravel the web of lies surrounding her love. She seems a tad nervous on occasions, but it's great to see her flex her dramatic muscles here. John Herd is also pretty good. The problem is the final act...It is very absurd, and very cliched thriller material. But, the film never stops being entertaining. I would only recommend to die hard thriller or Hawn fans, other than that it's rather skippable. 5/10
jjnxn-1 Is this the most innovative movie to ever come down the pike? No. Is a great deal of its appeal style over substance? Yes. But sometimes that's not a bad thing.Solidly acted thriller with a much more serious Goldie Hawn than usual. Watching it you get a sense that the Goldie you're watching is much closer to the private woman than the delightfully ditzy girl that was her stock in trade.Since the story is set in the rarefied world or museums and authenticators the settings are often plush and well appointed. However even though the main couple's home is very swank they apparently live in the most slowly renovated building in the world.Lead by Goldie all the performers give strong performances although, excepting John Heard, most of the roles are quite secondary. A decent thriller with an easy to figure out mystery at its core this is still quite a lot of fun thanks to committed work from all involved. A nice showcase for Goldie Hawn, who get a chance to uses pieces of her talent not always in evidence.
chrystal71061 This movie is a mystery with plenty of twists, but the real star is Goldie Hawn's performance. I find it hard to believe that she has not done more of this type of movie.The major problem I had with this movie was the big fat plot holes, namely how you get a car to flip with a dead guy driving or how a guy that works in town gets away with a second family, or if he was Daniel, then who was fencing the rare Egyptian jewelry, or why didn't she fall down the hole too? Too many leaps of faith are expected of the audience and exactly why I did not rate this movie higher. I did, however, enjoy the "New York" ambiance, the sets and the wardrobe (which was not too embarrassing from the early 90's). Goldie could try another hairstyle though, really, it was a little distracting remembering that it has not changed since her Sock It To Me days. All in all, it was fun to watch and it does jump your heart a few times, just as a good thriller should. Definitely worth watching for Goldie's performance alone.