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`Deceiver' betrays.(Metropolitan Times)(Arts & Entertainment)(Movies)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 19980130
Author:Arnold, Gary

Sir Walter Scott's durably truthful couplet "O what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive" could serve as an all-purpose rebuke to this weekend's movie plots and protagonists.

The most egregious example even calls itself "Deceiver," a fallback title after "Liar" proved vulnerable to Jim Carrey's double-barreled "Liar Liar."

Film schools are said to teem with aspiring imitators of Quentin Tarantino. The first feature by the writing-directing fraternal team Jonas and Josh Pate, "Deceiver" suggests that "The Usual Suspects" may also lend itself to ...

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