88
Duplicity sparkles with wit.
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What are critics saying?
60
The chemical combustion just isn't there between Julia and Clive, and you can't help wondering if Gilroy wrote this with George Clooney in mind. Still, a glamorous, diverting escapade that over-30s in particular can enjoy.
63
On the plus side, if you're flummoxed by the twisty plot or its occasional holes, you can always gaze contentedly at Clive Owen and be wholly entertained.
50
Austin Chronicle by Kimberley Jones
Gilroy zings the film with tantalizing bits of absurdity (one wonders, wistfully, what the Coen brothers would have done with this material), but too often he returns to his darker, more ponderous instincts.
80
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The movie is fun, with plenty of intrigue and suspense that will have audiences clutching at their arm rests.
75
Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum
Duplicity doesn't have depth -- but it does have Julia Roberts, in full Hollywood movie-star mode.
100
Whip-smart, sexy and delightfully twisty romantic thriller.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The movie resembles Mad magazine's "Spy vs. Spy" series, elevated to labyrinthine levels of complexity.
90
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."