Deceived (1991)

38% of critics liked it
(16 reviews)
46% of users liked it
(3,561 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

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 55 min.
Directed By: Damian Harris
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

In Theaters: Sep 27, 1991 Wide
On DVD: Sep 30, 2003

Critic Reviews

Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers
Neat, if contrived, love story/murder mystery.
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
Substandard 90s thriller.
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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Featured Audience Ratings

Dean M

This underrated Goldie Hawn thriller is hot stuff. She's the woman with the perfect marriage who uncovers disturbing details about her husband after he dies. All expectations to the contrary, Hawn actually acts here, emitting barely any of her girlish giggles. Though it's… More
This underrated Goldie Hawn thriller is hot stuff. She's the woman with the perfect marriage who uncovers disturbing details about her husband after he dies. All expectations to the contrary, Hawn actually acts here, emitting barely any of her girlish giggles. Though it's never clear why she doesn't just go to the police when things turn nasty, the tension builds nicely throughout, with a superbly tense finale that avoids most of the cliché traps other recent thrillers fall into.
Candy R

Great thriller. Goldie finds out after her husband's funeral that her husband had a double life.
jay n

Goldie goes for a change of pace here and while its not Hitchcock it is an enjoyable thriller with a good lead performance.
Deb S

A successful, attractive New Yorker Adrienne (Goldie Hawn) meets the man who seems to be Mr. Right (Jack played by John Heard) and their marriage is everything she hoped it would be, until he suddenly and mysteriously dies. As more evidence starts to arise about Jack's life… More
A successful, attractive New Yorker Adrienne (Goldie Hawn) meets the man who seems to be Mr. Right (Jack played by John Heard) and their marriage is everything she hoped it would be, until he suddenly and mysteriously dies. As more evidence starts to arise about Jack's life before and during his marriage to Adrienne, it becomes obvious that he's somehow not the person that she's married to and he may have been involved in criminal activity or having an affair with someone else. It had great promise but the little twists and turns seems contrived as Goldie Hawn goes about unraveling this complicated mystery of her husband's identity. Goldie Hawn is always good to watch and I enjoyed John Heard is at his deliciously evil best.

Cast

            Goldie Hawn as Adrienne Saunders

            John Heard as Jack Saunders

            Robin Bartlett as Charlotte

            Ashley Peldon as Mary Saunders

            Tom Irwin as Harvey Schwartz

            Amy Wright as Evelyn Wade

            Maia Filar as Carol Gingold

            Jan Rubes as Tomasz Kestler

            Anais Granofsky as Ellen

            Stanley Anderson as Det. Kinsella

            Gemma Barry as Carol's Nanny

            Jay Bowen as Cab Driver

            Francesca Buller as Lillian

            Conrad Coates as 2nd Policeman

            Michael Copeman as Assistant Coroner

            Michael Countryman as Mr. Gingold

            Eve Crawford as Jean

            Nancy Cser as Harvey's Girlfriend

            Laura Hawn as Evelyn's Mother

            Stephen Hunter as Tony

            Brenda Kamino as Mrs. Dagota

            Charles Kassatly as Waiter

            Bruce MacVittie as Social Security Man

            Ann McDonough as Mrs. Gingold

            Vince Metcalfe as 1st Policeman

            Lawrence Nakamura as Mr. Dagota

            Io Perry as Museum Employee

            Damon Redfern as Maitre d'

            Kate Reid as Rosalie

            George R. Robertson as Adrienne's Father

            Kim Staunton as Board of Education Woman

            Peter Stevens as Ron

            Beatrice Straight as Adrienne's Mother

            Heidi von Palleske as Mrs. Peabody

            Deborah Aquila
            
            Mary Kane as Cathy
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