Good concept, poorly executed.

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

You need to first give a shout out to the cast, they all did a great job...But the best part of the film was the setting, the bulk of the movie is in an interrogation room with Tim Roth strapped to a polygraph test and a web of lies that spin the story so that anyone in the room could have been guilty of the murder.It doesn't exactly keep you guessing, but it keeps the atmosphere tense and claustrophobic. It's a moody film, and an original one, two things that are sorely lacking in the films that have come out since the mid 2000s.You are just not going to see great movies that are character driven, movies that don't need a staggering amount of special effects to keep you on the edge of your seat. Deceiver keeps you engrossed from start to end on dialogue and characters.There are plot holes, easier to see in a film that relies on the story and characters to drive it, but far less than the CGI extravaganzas that rely on computer animation to dazzle you into forgetting that there is little substance and less story.Take a few minutes to watch it, you haven't seen that many movies like it before and probably will never see movies like it again...that is not unless we abandon out culture of dumb.

Somehow this hidden treasure had escaped my radar until now. As usual Tim Roth does not disappoint. The accused characters mentally abused by his disconnected parents, epilepsy and absinthe addicted personality seems custom written for Roth. In truth, few other actors could have pulled that off. There are stories within stories here and the movie holds your attention throughout. A modern day noir with a great surprise ending. Two powerhouse actresses, Patricia Arquette and Renee Zellwegger were under utilized in this film. Chris Penn gives an adequate performance as the junior and somewhat less intelligent assistant detective, but his ignorance is not as great as the audience is made to think. I was a little surprised by the relatively low 6.4 rating. This film deserves much better. Well worth your time.

A whodunit movie with a twist This is mainly an interrogation movie, where Roth, a rich, smart and incredibly manipulative trust-fund baby, is interrogated for the murder of a young woman.He is made to undergo a series of questions and tests but manages to foil his interrogators at every turn. his degrees in psychology makes him a slippery person to question.if you like taut suspense with great acting, go rent Deceiver tonight!! you will not be disappointed.i give it a "9" (and i rarely give out 9s) enjoy

There are a lot of twists and turns in this film and the majority of the plot and the characters behaviour are not credible at all. It begins well but suddenly the viewer is catapulted into total confusion. The viewer is not sure whether anything or anyone is real. ..................SPOILER COMING UP................................. Personally I think that Tim Roth's character is bad. He is a rich boy who knows it and doesn't like anyone telling him what to do/think and thinks he is above the law. He uses his money and intelligence to do what he wants and this gets him out of a very bad situation. He is attracted to and thrives on an 'otherness' to his world of responsibility - illegal liqour, vice, drugs, murder.