Duplicity

PG-13

Released Mar 20, 2009

2 hr. 5 min.

Romance

Comedy

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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65%

193 Reviews

Tomatometer

37%

250,000+ Ratings

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Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Koval (Clive Owen) are former government operatives who are now collecting big paychecks from rival companies as corporate spies. Their latest mission is to grab the formula for a product that will earn a fortune for whichever company patents it first. The stakes grow even higher than expected when Claire and Ray become embroiled in a passionate, clandestine affair, though neither one can decide how far to trust the other.

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Critics Consensus

Duplicity is well-crafted, smart, and often funny, but it's mostly more cerebral than visceral and features far too many plot twists.

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Kyle M

Don't expect this as your average espionage in linear sense. Its impressively-crafted structure refines non-linear narrative to the point of stretching it thin in declining momentous strength with maintained intelligence intentionally weaving behind the choices made for differential significance. That's secondarily entertaining behind Clive Owen and Julia Robert's electric chemistry participating through unexpected turns in debatably weighed satisfaction. (B)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/24

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Andre G

Kind of a dumb movie. They were trying to commit espionage but failed. Even if it worked it was still a boring movie with no results.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/23

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Rosana B

Muito bom… Confuso, um grande quebra-cabeça cronológico, que para ser desvendado e compreendido precisei de auxílio de wiki e afins, tenso e intenso, no seu trecho final, parece uma grande sopa de letrinha tão eficaz par transmitir mensagens quanto fumaças… Ou não... E os plot twist, reviravolta atrás reviravolta, foge um pouco o lugar comum, apesar de não ser originalmente inédito... Excelente...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/23

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Audience Member

Mediocre . Not super easy to follow and even harder to be invested in . You can still kind of wander, wake up and catch a rom com 2.2

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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renaldo d

Slow and uneventful movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Michelle S

well thank god for paul giamanni (sp) every computer generated statement about love and selfishness and money and greed is in this film. my eyes almost got stuck from rolling them so hard this was like fight club and if you guess the beginning - spoilers - the movies is terrible. in the first 5 min i said there is no invention and the rest was like watching golf.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Tony Gilroy

Director

Julia Roberts

Claire Stenwick

Clive Owen

Ray Koval

Tom Wilkinson

Howard Tully

Paul Giamatti

Richard Garsik

Dan Daily

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Not highly recommended at all.

Rated: D

Sep 12, 2017

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Jordan Hoffman

UGO

It's not unfair to say that Duplicity is Michael Clayton on laughing gas. What's remarkable is that both movies pretty much work.

Rated: B+

Aug 14, 2009

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

When it comes to spy thrillers, Tony Gilroy knows the game.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 30, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

That Gilroy refuses to limit the story to just one focus in desire for something more intricate makes his film complex while also being a light, entertaining treat.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 2, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Tries to be too smart for its own good.

Rated: 4/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

Duplicity revisits the world of corporate skulduggery Gilroy explored in Michael Clayton, and throws in a spot of Bourne spycraft, but its mood is far far lighter than those films' sweaty intensity and muscular action.

Nov 21, 2020

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Synopsis

Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Koval (Clive Owen) are former government operatives who are now collecting big paychecks from rival companies as corporate spies. Their latest mission is to grab the formula for a product that will earn a fortune for whichever company patents it first. The stakes grow even higher than expected when Claire and Ray become embroiled in a passionate, clandestine affair, though neither one can decide how far to trust the other.

Director: Tony Gilroy
Executive Producer: Ryan Kavanaugh
Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Relativity
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 20, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.6M

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