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Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   15,892 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Tony Gilroy (written by)
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Release Date:
20 March 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Outwit. Outspy. Outsmart. Outplay. Then get out. more
Plot:
A pair of corporate spies who share a steamy past hook up to pull off the ultimate con job on their respective bosses. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Duplicity, Stars Shine but Action is Awkward more (140 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Clive Owen ... Ray Koval

Julia Roberts ... Claire Stenwick

Tom Wilkinson ... Howard Tully

Paul Giamatti ... Richard Garsik

Dan Daily ... Garsik's Aide
Lisa Roberts Gillan ... Tully's Assistant (as Lisa Roberts Gillan)

David Shumbris ... Turtleneck
Rick Worthy ... Dale Raimes

Oleg Shtefanko ... Boris Fetyov (as Oleg Stefan)

Denis O'Hare ... Duke Monahan
Kathleen Chalfant ... Pam Frailes

Khan Baykal ... Dinesh Patel
Thomas McCarthy ... Jeff Bauer

Wayne Duvall ... Ned Guston

Fabrizio Brienza ... Hotel Manager
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Duplicity - Gemeinsame Geheimsache (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and some sexual content.
Runtime:
125 min | Turkey:118 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The magazine that Claire is reading while she's waiting is The Economist. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the waiter serves Ray a glass of champagne (near the end), the foam disappears almost instantly, unlike in the glass the waiter has just served Claire, where the foam takes some time to disappear. more
Quotes:
Claire Stenwick: My caper's in the Bahamas. Where's yours?
Ray Koval: Cleveland.
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Soundtrack:
Being Bad more

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49 out of 89 people found the following comment useful.
Duplicity, Stars Shine but Action is Awkward, 21 March 2009
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Author: Jason O'Mahony from Ireland

DUPLICITY Director: Tony Gilroy Country: USA Year: 2009 Language: English Runtime: 120 Minutes Rating: 15A

A couple of weeks after the exceedingly average THE INTERNATIONAL (2009) rolled into theatres Clive Owen is back with DUPLICITY, the latest from Tony Gilroy, director of the good but vastly over-rated MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007) and writer of the wonderful trilogy of Bourne movies. DUPLICITY sells itself as an action-packed, romantic comedy where nothing is as it seems.

Which is all well and good but, generally speaking, in order for the action to be compelling the stakes have to be high enough to grab the audience by the nuts and not let go! James Bond wouldn't be James Bond if he wasn't locked in a titanic struggle with a dastardly mastermind bent on world domination. He certainly wouldn't spy on the makers of Frozen Pizza!

Clive Owen begins DUPLICITY in true James Bond fashion as MI6 secret-agent Ray Koval. He's a smooth operator who falls into bed with the most beautiful CIA spy on the planet, Julia Roberts as Claire Stenwick. The camera still loves Julia Roberts, even at 41, she's a consummate actress and, in all probability, the biggest movie star on the planet. And James Bond would be proud to bed her!

So far so good. But then the two secret agents fall for one another and decide to pack in the dangerous James Bond job for the far safer, yet far more lucrative, job of corporate espionage. They strike upon a master plan, play both sides, sell the secrets and retire to a life in the sun.

Julia Roberts is on the counter intelligence team of a giant multinational, guarding it against leaks. Clive Owen is playing for the other side trying to hack in and steal its secrets. And they're both playing one another. Or are they?

The stakes are still high – they're playing for $40 million – but with nothing more at risk than a new consumer product it's hard to hold the audiences' interest. I mean, seriously, does anyone care if one corporation beats another corporation to market with a wonder product? Would James Bond get out of bed for this?

Roberts and Owen have shared the screen before in CLOSER (2004) which was rather more adult themed but equally full of dueling dialogue. There's a chemistry between the pair which, while not coming close to Bogie and Bacall or, hell, even to Pitt and Jolie in MR & MRS SMITH (2005), is still fun to watch. And this is where the movie comes into its own. It's a flimsy, watch-able flick that's fun for the most part. You could do a lot worse.

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