Clive Owen delivers a powerful performance as a widowed father struggling to get by with his six year old son in an uplifting but fairly ordinary drama.
The Official Word: When it was announced one of cinemas great iconoclasts, Werner Herzog, would be 're-imagining' the work of another by spinning Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant into something new, its fair to say that eyebrows, not to mention a few hackles, were raised.
Based on Anne Fontaine’s (the director of the recent biopic Coco Before Chanel) 2004 film Nathalie, Chloe features extremely strong performances from its two female leads Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried. However, while its strengths lie in the abilities of its cast members and its ambiguous framing of the title character, the last act’s abrupt change in tone makes the film feel stilted, unconvincing and ultimately unsatisfying.
The Official Word: J Blakeson's endlessly inventive debut feature is a committed, claustrophobic three-hander, featuring some of Britain's most credible and adaptable film acting talent.
Clive Owen delivers a powerful performance as a widowed father struggling to get by with his six year old son in an uplifting but fairly ordinary drama.
The Official Word: When it was announced one of cinemas great iconoclasts, Werner Herzog, would be 're-imagining' the work of another by spinning Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant into something new, its fair to say that eyebrows, not to mention a few hackles, were raised. 
Based on Anne Fontaine’s (the director of the recent biopic Coco Before Chanel) 2004 film Nathalie, Chloe features extremely strong performances from its two female leads Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried. However, while its strengths lie in the abilities of its cast members and its ambiguous framing of the title character, the last act’s abrupt change in tone makes the film feel stilted, unconvincing and ultimately unsatisfying.
The Official Word: J Blakeson's endlessly inventive debut feature is a committed, claustrophobic three-hander, featuring some of Britain's most credible and adaptable film acting talent.
