This enjoyable, lighthearted movie should not be taken too seriously and is worthy of your admiration.
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03/20/09
Duplicity (2009)
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Reviews Counted:166
Fresh:108
Rotten:58
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Duplicity is well-crafted, smart, and often funny, but it’s mostly more cerebral than visceral and features far too many plot twists.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Mar 19, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $40,559,930
Synopsis: DUPLICITY is a slick, Soderberghian comic caper in which it’s never exactly clear who is being conned. It’s easy to see that ex-CIA agent Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and former MI6 member Ray... [More]
Starring: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti
Director: Tony Gilroy
Reviews for Duplicity
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
I can't believe I'm writing this in a dumbed down age at the movies but Duplicity is a film that's too smart for its own good.
03/20/09
I'm probably going to buy Duplicity on DVD just to re-experience the joy of Benjamin Franklin slamming his fist into the ground while attacking John Adams.
03/20/09
The story jumps around in time more than an episode of Lost. There are so many twists and turns in the plot, I didn't always follow if they even liked each other.
03/20/09
Clever, complex romantic thriller is too twisty for tweens.
03/20/09
The picture has a unity of wit and structure that could only have been achieved by a very sharp writer who's also a gifted filmmaker.
03/20/09
"Duplicity" may not be an award-winner at year's end, but for adults looking to see something that treats them with genuine respect this weekend, there are few films in wide release that better fit the bill.
03/20/09
A rather pedestrian, hollow cat-and-mouse contest.
03/20/09
Like the carnal encounter with which it opens, it's a film that goes through the motions, and while those motions are frequently pleasurable, we, like Owen, are ultimately left disappointed.
03/20/09
A pleasant big-studio diversion, a screwball romance with beautiful movie stars set in gorgeous hotel rooms, deluxe office spaces and corporate jets. It's smart, it's for grown-ups and it lets Julia Roberts laugh, if just once.
03/20/09
Top CriticWith its smart writing delivered by an in-synch quartet, savor Duplicity as the ideal spring gift.
03/20/09
Top Critic[Director Gilroy's] determined to put some smarts into the world of double crosses and double martinis, and bless him for that.
03/20/09
Julia Roberts in a luxury hotel room, bantering with a suave leading man? That works.
03/20/09
Gilroy trusts us to figure out how the pieces of the story fit together, and by the end of the movie, we're rewarded with a solution that is intellectually, if not emotionally, satisfying.
03/20/09
As a caper film, Duplicity is a fizzle. As a mystery, it's a cheat.
03/20/09
I started out loving Duplicity; by the end, I wanted to strangle it.
03/20/09
Duplicity probably improves on second viewing, when one is better acquainted with the basic story. Yet the film is not good enough to see twice – the Catch-22 of all entertaining but muddled movies.
03/20/09
Gilroy's technique can feel like complication for complication's sake, but stick with the story and the dramatic rewards are real, or at least the punch line's pretty clever.
03/20/09
Duplicity is pretty silly when it all works out in the end. This is a wasted opportunity, since so much went into making it look like it was about something.
03/20/09
A snazzy piece of work, tartly acted and cleverly made. Trust me.
03/20/09
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