ON CIRCUIT: Deception, starring Ewan McGregor, and Definitely, Maybe
Deception
Ewan McGregor: half man, half gerbil. This actor has always had, to my mind, something of a gerbilish look, which he plays up in this supposedly erotic thriller. McGregor plays Jonathan, a nerdy bean-counter employed to inspect the accounts of big Manhattan corporations. Hugh Jackman ambles in, playing Wyatt, an alpha-male corporate lawyer. He befriends Jonathan by offering him a joint.
I have never seen two actors giggle less convincingly. Pretty soon, Wyatt clues Jonathan in on the hottest club in town: a no-strings-attached sex ring for the richest, coolest players of both sexes. There follows one of the most embarrassing montages I have seen as Jonathan goes on a gerbilly journey of erotic self-discovery with a number of partners, including Charlotte Rampling. I didn’t know where to look. Â- Peter Bradshaw,