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:Mar 20, 2009 Wide
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
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Reviews for Duplicity
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 5/10 |
It might be saying something that I preferred to see [Giamatti and Wilkinson] in action than the two actual leads of the film. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Duplicity features the sort of story screenwriters dream of crafting in order to show off their aptitude. Full Review |
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The results are mistimed and misshapen, like Lubitsch after a vasectomy Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
The film's greatest pleasure is in the snappy dialogue Gilroy crafts for the capable duo of Roberts and Owen... [Blu-ray] Full Review |
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D+ |
You gotta be flawless to tell a story out of sequence. This ain't no Memento. God, Julia is getting old. Full Review |
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B+ |
It's not unfair to say that Duplicity is Michael Clayton on laughing gas. What's remarkable is that both movies pretty much work. Full Review |
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[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. Full Review |
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C- |
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? Full Review |
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3/5 |
This movie wasn't firing on all cylinders despite some of them being great cylinders. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
... Plays like a more sophisticated Ocean's Eleven, the extra heft coming from its corporate setting. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
Click for full review Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
'Duplicity' is a cleverly charming and sophisticated film about treacherous people. Full Review |
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B+ |
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. Full Review |
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3/4 |
When it comes to spy thrillers, Tony Gilroy knows the game. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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2/4 |
Gilroy also throws in a reverse chronology taking place in posh foreign locations (and Cleveland!) so as to mark the film as his own and conceal any narrative weaknesses. Full Review |
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B |
Gilroy handles it expertly and maintains a light, jaunty tone. Full Review |
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65/100 |
Adopts old Hollywood mechanics %u2014- showy marquee stars, swift-witted dialogue, character-dominated plot %u2014- and relies on an audience willing to be tricked, surprised and challenged. Full Review |
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5/10 |
For all its bright banter and flashbacky fanciness, Duplicity boils down to this rudimentary formula: morality and success are functions of beauty. Full Review |
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9/10 |
A perfectly-crafted espionage thriller married to the best throwback rom-com in years. Full Review |
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