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04/23/09
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.
Theatrical Release:20-03-2009
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
Top CriticDuplicity is one big fogbank of a movie and sounding a horn won't help you. Prepare to get lost in a mass of pointless murk.
03/19/09
A beautifully shot, well written and impressively acted thriller that's both suspenseful and emotionally engaging.
03/19/09
Seductive and playful, this corporate espionage thriller has a breezy attitude that keeps us thoroughly engaged through all of the twists and turns of the plot.
03/19/09
A glamorous, diverting escapade that over-30s in particular can enjoy.
03/17/09
Top CriticA high-tech romantic thriller set in the little-seen world of corporate espionage, Tony Gilroy's second feature is sophisticated adult entertainment which puts the lazy Ocean's films to shame with its clever writing, lively direction and visual panache.
03/16/09
It might be saying something that I preferred to see [Giamatti and Wilkinson] in action than the two actual leads of the film.
09/06/09
Duplicity features the sort of story screenwriters dream of crafting in order to show off their aptitude.
08/30/09
The results are mistimed and misshapen, like Lubitsch after a vasectomy
08/25/09
The film's greatest pleasure is in the snappy dialogue Gilroy crafts for the capable duo of Roberts and Owen... [Blu-ray]
08/22/09
You gotta be flawless to tell a story out of sequence. This ain't no Memento. God, Julia is getting old.
08/21/09
It's not unfair to say that Duplicity is Michael Clayton on laughing gas. What's remarkable is that both movies pretty much work.
08/14/09
[Tony] Gilroy may have taken his time honing his voice as a filmmaker, but there's little doubt that he's got it down to a science at this point.
08/01/09
Duplicity is like sitting in a two-hour lecture from a college professor who reads straight from the text and never makes eye contact. Do you know there is an audience here?
06/10/09
This movie wasn't firing on all cylinders despite some of them being great cylinders.
05/31/09
... Plays like a more sophisticated Ocean's Eleven, the extra heft coming from its corporate setting.
05/15/09
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05/10/09
'Duplicity' is a cleverly charming and sophisticated film about treacherous people.
05/01/09
It won't receive the critical ballyhoo of his previous film, but where Gilroy's 'Michael Clayton' lacked imagination and surprise, 'Duplicity' is a fun, witty romp.
05/01/09
When it comes to spy thrillers, Tony Gilroy knows the game.
04/30/09
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