Definition of misdirection
1 : a wrong direction
2a : the act or an instance of misdirecting or divertingb : the state of being misdirected
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Scenes with his proud, beautiful wife (Regina Wan) sometimes feel like misdirection, hinting at betrayals or feuds that never come.
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There are some films that are very, very good and that can engage the viewer in their narrative, in its mysteries, in its kind of misdirections.
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