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Genres:
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Crime /
Romance /
Thriller
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Director:
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Tony Gilroy
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Actors:
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Thomas McCarthy,
Denis O'Hare,
Wayne Duvall,
Kathleen Chalfant,
Rick Worthy,
Lisa Roberts Gillan,
David Shumbris,
Dan Daily,
Khan Baykal,
Fabrizio Brienza,
Clive Owen,
Julia Roberts,
Tom Wilkinson,
Paul Giamatti,
Oleg Shtefanko
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)122.5
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Plot Summary:
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CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 legate Bar Koval (Owen) have left the unbelievable of government word to hard cash in on the incomparably well-paying cold war raging between two adversary multinational corporations. Their mission? Acquire the blueprint in support of a result that will produce a adventures to the company that patents it start. Representing their employers???industry titan Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti)??? nothing is out of bounds. But as the stakes rise, the conundrum deepens and the tactics sock dirt... ier, the trickiest abstruse for Claire and Pencil is their growing attraction. And as they each essay to stay one double-piqued on, two m‚tier loners come on their schemes endangered around the only gizmo they can???t cheat their modus operandi loose of: friendship.
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Duplicity
Mike ClarkThough gadgetry has its expected place in Duplicity, this brainy lark doesn't go in for tailfins morphing into machine guns. The rat-tat-tat is in the dialogue, and the gadgets are sophisticated office equipment. Or, in one key sequence, a most handy cellphone. Writer/director Tony Gilroy made his debut as a director with Michael Clayton, a heavier but deliciously twisty yarn. His new film isn't merely more of the same. Were it not for last summer's French thriller Tell No One, Duplicity would boast the trickiest plot structure in recent memory. Clive Owens and Julia Roberts (reunited after 2004's Closer) play spies who meet cute at a sunny outdoor "do" where the booze flows. He hits on her, and, predictably, she verbalizes dislike. But befor...
Duplicity
Todd McCarthyAn ultra-sophisticated love story between two corporate spies with pronounced mutual trust issues, Duplicity is a brainy, non-violent Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the film Intolerable Cruelty wanted to be, a Trouble in Paradise for modern times. Smart, droll and dazzling to look at and listen to, writer-director Tony Gilroy's effervescent, intricately plotted puzzler proves in every way superior to his 2007 success Michael Clayton. The twisty, time jumping narrative forces viewers to keep on their toes, and it could well be that "Duplicity" is too smart for its own good as far as the popcorn masses are concerned. Still, this is about as good as it gets these days for sharp-minded Hollywood entertainment made for an intelligent audience, and Universal can only hope th...
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