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Double Jeopardy (1999)

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25

Average Rating: 4.4/10
Reviews Counted: 84
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 63

A talented cast fails to save this unremarkable thriller.

22

Average Rating: 4.1/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 18

A talented cast fails to save this unremarkable thriller.

audience

68

liked it
Average Rating: 3.2/5
User Ratings: 162,349

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Movie Info

In this thriller, Ashley Judd plays Elizabeth Parsons, who is convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to a long stretch in prison. After Elizabeth has spent six years behind bars, it turns out that her husband is still alive: he faked his own death as part of an insurance scam, and Elizabeth is soon released. However, Elizabeth's feelings for her husband can hardly be described as warm, and she wants custody of her son. Elizabeth's parole officer (Tommy Lee Jones) wonders if she might

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Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure

David Weisberg

Feb 22, 2000

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All Critics (104) | Top Critics (27) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (63) | DVD (25)

A lukewarm outing that mostly just bops from plot point to plot point.

January 1, 2000
Boston Globe
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The picture itself is so nonsensical you don't understand why anyone would actually make it.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
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Piles one loony twist on another with dizzying abandon when it's not bogged down drinking up scenery that has been exploited to a fare-thee-well on the big screen.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Detroit News
Detroit News
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The way the screenwriters treat the law is in many ways similar to way they treat intelligence of the viewers.

February 14, 2005 Full Review

Double Jeoprady has all the legal savvy of the O.J. Simpson jury.

July 16, 2004

The script, not rooted in logic, leaves certain plot elements unexplained. And when the ending arrives, it's no surprise.

June 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

This film takes a potentially interesting premise and makes some mistakes that result in a faulty final product.

February 8, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Quips Online
Film Quips Online

This bone-weary material would barely make for a passable episode of Diagnosis: Murder.

September 26, 2001 Full Review Source: culturevulture.net
culturevulture.net

Implausible and contrived...it's "The Fugitive," complete with Tommy Lee Jones in essentially the same role.

April 7, 2001
Movie Metropolis

Too much of Double Jeopardy is illogical.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly
Orlando Weekly

Too bad you can't shoot the screenwriters.

January 1, 2000
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Unremarkable.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Screen It!
Screen It!

Jeopardy has elements of an enjoyable film, and the various plot twists start out promising, but director Bruce Beresford never quite follows through, and is unable to effectively control the movie's pace and tone.

January 1, 2000
Citysearch

Anyone with half a brain will leave the theater feeling cheated by its cockamamie premise and unoriginal styling.

January 1, 2000
Citysearch

It attempts to be both prison picture and murder mystery, without really succeeding at either.

January 1, 2000
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

What you don't get is tense, credible plotting.

January 1, 2000
Charlotte Observer

Stacked up against the film is a pile of implausibilities that it simply doesn't possess the thrills or momentum to distract a viewer from.

January 1, 2000
Los Angeles Daily News

Whether this riot of unrepentant trashiness strikes you as tediously ridiculous or brainlessly amusing is probably a matter of mood.

January 1, 2000
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A poorly made thriller, reeking from conventionality and lacking suspense.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A well-made thriller, to be sure, but just about as banal as they come.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: DustinPutman.com
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Audience Reviews for Double Jeopardy

It's rare for me to find myself so convinced that one person's trash actually is another person's treasure. I can, quite honestly, envision enjoying DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Had this plot been scripted by a mastermind in the crime genre and directed by someone of the Martin Scorsese caliber, it would have soared. Albeit intriguing, I'm not one to overlook cornball dialogue, poor acting, severe lack of reality, and the employment of just about every clichà (C) in the book--as far as crime thrillers--when I sit myself down in front of such movies. Trash? Not quite, but certainly trashy. Treasure? Uhh, no.

Full review at themoviefreakblog.com
July 19, 2011
spielberg00

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Quite an overused idea, the beginning seemed to take quite a while but then the main part (especially her jailing) didn't take very long at all and left me confused about the time span of the film. Acting was decent but nothing special and overall a very obvious film with no guessing to be done.
April 11, 2012
StarCrossedVoyager

Super Reviewer

    1. Travis Lehman: We spotted the Parsons woman in the Quarter last night. She got away. I just came by to find out if you'd heard from her.
    2. Nick Parsons: Not a peep.
    3. Travis Lehman: Do you have any idea why she's fixated her lunacy on you?
    4. Nick Parsons: Well, the world's full of crazy people, am I right?
    5. Travis Lehman: Oh, yes, you are right. Truer words were never spoken. Those are nice pictures there. Did your kids do them?
    6. Nick Parsons: Uh, no. Those pictures are by a very great artist named Kandinsky.
    7. Travis Lehman: Oh.
    8. Nick Parsons: Why do I think you already knew that?
    – Submitted by Dennis L (21 months ago)

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