Deceived (1991)
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38% of critics liked it
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45% of users liked it
(3,638 ratings)
Goldie Hawn delivers a surprisingly understated performance (allowing the audience to shift their laughter from the usually comic Hawn to the unbelievable storyline) in the unsuccessful thriller Deceived. Hawn plays Adrienne Saunders, a successful art restorer who is married to Jack (John Heard), a… More Goldie Hawn delivers a surprisingly understated performance (allowing the audience to shift their laughter from the usually comic Hawn to the unbelievable storyline) in the unsuccessful thriller Deceived. Hawn plays Adrienne Saunders, a successful art restorer who is married to Jack (John Heard), a devoted husband who is also an expert in the antiques business. Married for six years and parents of a charming 5-year-old daughter Mary (Ashley Peldon), the Saunders appear to have everything going for them. But after a series of odd occurrences that even an idiot would notice, Adrienne finally comes the conclusion that her husband is not the man she thought he was when she married him. After Jack tells Mary that he was in Boston but Adrienne's friend tells her she saw him in New York, the mysterious clues begin piling up and are too numerous to ignore: there's a call from a department store concerning some sexy lingerie that Jack purchased; a friend is found murdered after checking on the authenticity of an Egyptian necklace; and there are indications that Jack was involved with a scheme to steal artifacts from a museum. Adrienne is finally convinced that something is fishy about her husband when he mysteriously dies is an auto wreck, and she discovers that Jack has been using the name of a man who had died 16 years earlier. Adrienne proceeds to polish her magnifying glass and conducts some detective work on her own to find out who her husband really was. This is when the danger really begins. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Damian Harris
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
- In Theaters
- Sep 27, 1991 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Neat, if contrived, love story/murder mystery.
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Substandard 90s thriller.
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Frank Ochieng, TheWorldJournal.com
Another concocted harried-heroine-strikes-back psychological thriller that comes spilling off the conveyor belt of conventional creativity. The only one who'll be Deceived is the giddy audience
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Cast
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Goldie Hawn
as Adrienne Saunders
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John Heard
as Jack Saunders
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Robin Bartlett
as Charlotte
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Ashley Peldon
as Mary Saunders
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Tom Irwin
as Harvey Schwartz
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Amy Wright
as Evelyn Wade
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Maia Filar
as Carol Gingold
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Jan Rubes
as Tomasz Kestler
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Anais Granofsky
as Ellen
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Stanley Anderson
as Det. Kinsella
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Gemma Barry
as Carol's Nanny
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Jay Bowen
as Cab Driver
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Francesca Buller
as Lillian
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Conrad Coates
as 2nd Policeman
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Michael Copeman
as Assistant Coroner
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Michael Countryman
as Mr. Gingold
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Eve Crawford
as Jean
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Nancy Cser
as Harvey's Girlfriend
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Laura Hawn
as Evelyn's Mother
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Stephen Hunter
as Tony
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Brenda Kamino
as Mrs. Dagota
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Charles Kassatly
as Waiter
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Bruce MacVittie
as Social Security Man
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Ann McDonough
as Mrs. Gingold
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Vince Metcalfe
as 1st Policeman
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Lawrence Nakamura
as Mr. Dagota
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Io Perry
as Museum Employee
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Damon Redfern
as Maitre d'
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Kate Reid
as Rosalie
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George R. Robertson
as Adrienne's Father
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Kim Staunton
as Board of Education Woman
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Peter Stevens
as Ron
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Beatrice Straight
as Adrienne's Mother
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Heidi von Palleske
as Mrs. Peabody
- Deborah Aquila
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Mary Kane
as Cathy