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Movie Overview
Cast
Julia Roberts
Clive Owen
Tom Wilkinson
Director
Tony Gilroy
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - for language and some sexual content
Duplicity (2009)
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4/5
"A stylish, engaging and complex thriller."
Cut Print Review
Anders Wotzke
"This thriller's flashback scenes interrupted the story's flow too much for me. But Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are fun to watch."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Betty Jo Tucker
B
"I'm not certain
Duplicity
ultimately rewards the time invested, but it's a convincing enough spy game stew to slurp slowly. Just appreciate the ride, not the destination."
DVDTalk.com
Brian Orndorf
3.5/5
"a dashing and bright entertainment that aims to please without scraping the floor for your approval"
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
5/10
"The "trust nobody" shtick wears old pretty quickly."
DVDTown.com
Christopher Long
C-
""Duplicity" is so heavily back-loaded that it demands the audience take a leap of faith that all narrative debts will be paid off in a third act finale. No such luck."
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
5/10
"For all its bright banter and flashbacky fanciness, Duplicity boils down to this rudimentary formula: morality and success are functions of beauty."
PopMatters
Cynthia Fuchs
4.5/5
"'Duplicity' is a cleverly charming and sophisticated film about treacherous people."
eFilmCritic.com
Dan Lybarger
4/5
"Whip smart storytelling and a fizzy caper delight."
eFilmCritic.com
David Cornelius
69/100
"Duplicity ultimately comes off as a breath of fresh air amid a movie season rife with bleak horror films, hopelessly juvenile comedies and bloated superhero epics."
AskMen.com
David Nusair
C+
"The globetrotting spy thriller never measures up to being first-rate."
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
0/4
"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."
DustinPutman.com
Dustin Putman
B
"Gilroy handles it expertly and maintains a light, jaunty tone."
EricDSnider.com
Eric D. Snider
"The results are mistimed and misshapen, like Lubitsch after a vasectomy"
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
C
"Though it has more tricks up its sleeve than you can count, in the end all the sleight of hand amounts to disappointingly little."
One Guy's Opinion
Frank Swietek
3/5
"A timely, brisk, and witty combination love story and drama about corporate malfeasance."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
B+
"The story's joints creak under gutsy narrative demands, but Gilroy's serviceable direction manages to keep the scriptopuzzle together. The film's pleasures derive from watching him get away with it."
Cinepinion
Henry Stewart
3/4
"When it comes to spy thrillers, Tony Gilroy knows the game."
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
2.5/4
"has the kind of narrative trickery that draws us in, but it's ultimately up to the actors to keep us interested, and in this regard the film is something of a mixed bag"
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
4/5
"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."
AMCtv.com
James Rocchi
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."
Window to the Movies
Jeffrey Chen
"Parental Content Review"
Screen It!
Jim Judy
"Though awkwardly sturctured, 'Duplicity' is a smart movie in which droll repartee and smoldering chemistry take the place of cursing and violence."
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
John P. McCarthy
1.5/5
"Click for full review"
Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis
3/5
"This movie wasn't firing on all cylinders despite some of them being great cylinders."
Cinerina
Karina Montgomery
3/6
"
Duplicity
does indeed bend and buckle under the weight of many a final-reel revelation, though it never entirely collapses."
Time Out New York
Keith Uhlich
2.5/5
"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."
7M Pictures
Kevin Carr
B
"...one of the first truly adult romantic comedies to come down the pike in quite some time. "Duplicity" has been heaped with praise, which may raise expectations unfairly, though."
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
"Tony Gilroy's dryly jaunty, globetrotting, spy-vs.-spy romp is ... just good enough to make you wish it were better."
Miss FlickChick
Maitland McDonagh
"It's not deep: it's a wispy-light meringue of a romantic spy-versus-spy comedy. But it is smart. It expects that you're keeping up with the tricks it's trying to pull on you."
Flick Filosopher
MaryAnn Johanson
3/5
"This film entertains through gameplay, turning suspenseful, comic, then romantic as if in the hands of a master card dealer. But Gilroy's trickeries can be revealed by just slightly encroaching the stage."
Film Threat
Matthew Sorrento
B+
"A sharp, twisty, and very stylish thriller, this time with romance and a bit of stardust. The result is a top-notch date movie for grown-ups."
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
"A rather pedestrian, hollow cat-and-mouse contest."
Cinematical
Nick Schager
5/5
""Duplicity" is a blast from beginning to end and one of the snappiest films of its type to come along in a while."
eFilmCritic.com
Peter Sobczynski
4/5
"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."
Shadows on the Wall
Rich Cline
B
"A battle of wits with smart, capable people on all sides. It is very slick and well-acted by a troupe of pros."
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
7/10
"Slick, sneaky, snarky fun - a devilish double-cross"
SSG Syndicate
Susan Granger
9/10
"A perfectly-crafted espionage thriller married to the best throwback rom-com in years."
Antagony & Ecstasy
Tim Brayton
4/5
"The battle between Wilkinson and Giamatti provides the comedic thrust Duplicity needs to stay entertaining."
DVDTalk.com
Tyler Foster
1.5/4
"It's not an elderly movie, it just seems that way."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
"Click here to see review"
Wolf Entertainment Guide
William Wolf
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