A light/bright movie that actually illuminates our dull grey lives, reminding us that intrigue can be, well, intriguing. And damn sexy too.
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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
81 - 100 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Ultra sleek, cool, stylish and smart filmmaking. Supremely sophisticated fun - but better pay close attention.
03/20/09
Duplicity, like all con movies, relies on charm, and there's plenty to go around.
03/20/09
At times, Gilroy's leaps verge on gimmick. But the shuffled deck of place and time is intrinsic to the three-card monte rhythms. He keeps us guessing, even as we know he's gaming us.
03/20/09
Should settle on the video shelf between Intolerable Cruelty and Mr & Mrs. Smith.
03/20/09
[Director Tony] Gilroy's skillful, witty follow-up to his writing-directing debut, Michael Clayton, [continues] to exercise his talent for baiting a narrative and getting viewers to jump to it.
03/20/09
Duplicity, when it comes down to it, is wonderful simplicity.
03/20/09
The same whip-smart, intellectual ear for dialogue that made Michael Clayton such an immensely interesting film is back in Duplicity.
03/20/09
The film's got plenty of spark, with an onscreen couple so full of passion that they can't keep their hands off each other -- Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti.
03/20/09
Corporate espionage caper in which two government operatives having amorous flings in various global stopovers decide to team up and go private to earn a bundle. Star power of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen and yummy locations fail to compensate for madly c
03/20/09
Duplicity is another one of those flicks where everything is confusing until the very end but Gilroy does a great job building the chemistry between Roberts and Owen.
03/20/09
Parental Content Review
03/20/09
The script has so many twists and double-crosses, flashbacks and re-interpretations of events that frankly I just gave up, and followed the action. Which wasn't quite enough to hold me. A pity.
03/20/09
Top CriticThough awkwardly sturctured, 'Duplicity' is a smart movie in which droll repartee and smoldering chemistry take the place of cursing and violence.
03/20/09
Is this a fun, flirty romantic comedy? A farce? A serious drama about espionage? When writer/director Tony Gilroy figures it out, will someone let me know?
03/20/09
A caper without intrigue and a romance without humanity, this disastrously wasteful star vehicle manages quite the feat by both crushing the viewer's soul and devouring their spirit in two hours flat.
03/20/09
Too convoluted to be romantic, too confusing to be an effective caper and too long to be entertaining.
03/20/09
The "trust nobody" shtick wears old pretty quickly.
03/20/09
A stylish, sexy, con-artist caper that finds romance in risk and vice-versa, Duplicity ... is a movie so dashing and fun, you may not notice how smart it is until you replay it in your head a few times.
03/20/09
Has a terrific cast, stylish cinematography and some intrigue, but the suspense and sizzle wane as the intricate plot gradually thickens.
03/19/09
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