Saturday, March 3, 2018

Cold Takes: Chloe

Hi internet,

Cat here. I watched another movie.

Streaming Service: Chloe was on Netflix but it was about to expire so it was a now or never kind of thing for me.

Temperature: Chilled. This movie came out in 2009. I remember reading a positive Roger Ebert review at the time. Spoiler: I did not see what he apparently saw in it.

WARNING: Spoilers for Chloe

What can I say? I have a certain affinity for bad movies. I'm one of those people who likes referencing Showgirls. I thought this movie was very middle of the road. As a philosophical drama musing on marriage and womanhood and people, I thought it was mostly a failure. There are a couple of okay monologues saved by the queen, Julianne Moore, but that's about it. As a trashy, scandalous addition to the canon of crazy stalkers (who these days are mostly relegated to Lifetime movies) I also found it to be a disappointment. You get to see Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried naked if you're into that but this movie's project isn't even really the objectification of female bodies.