Duplicity

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Duplicity

PG-13

Released Mar 20, 2009

2h 5m

Romance

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Mystery & Thriller

Crime

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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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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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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It's good to see an espionage thriller that avoids the clichés of the genre.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 23, 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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Craig B

What an utter waste of time. I was hopeful for an entertaining movie given the strong cast, but, for me, this movie went nowhere... and nowhere fast. I know some folks enjoyed this but that was 2 and a bit hours I will never get back.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/13/25

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Ams T

Mind boggingly stupid direction. Story stretched at places to make it look for smarter and slick than it really is. Acting from the 2 lead actors was the only good thing about this movie. Story was a disaster.. there’s 2 hours of my life I am not getting back

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Alain E

Entertaining. A little more convoluted that was necessary. Great acting by Clive Owen and Julia Roberts.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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Audience Member

I liked this. Lots of little twists and great acting. Fun little movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Steve K

Utterly shocked at the negative reviews don’t believe it for a second. If you like movies with a lot of twists and an ending you won’t predict this is the movie. Throw in a top notch performances with Julia Roberts and Clive Owens, along side a tremendous supporting cast - you get a can’t miss movie. Somehow I didn’t see this when it first came out, so glad to have stumbled upon this joy of a movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/02/24

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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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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
Producer: Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Laura Bickford
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
Runtime: 2h 5m

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