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Information
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 125 min.
- Director
- Tony Gilroy
- Genres
- Crime, Romance, Thriller
- Rating *
- 6.2
- Votes *
- 38,201
- Checks
- 2,964
- Favs
- 38
- Dislikes
- 80
- Favs/checks
- 1.3% (1:78)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:2
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Siskoid
On the surface of it, Duplicity's ambitions seem to be those of a romcom, albeit in the dangerous world of industrial espionage, with Julia Roberts and Clive Owen veterans of the genre. But Tony Gilroy isn't a romcom director, and we soon realize that this is a much more complex story in which one never knows who to trust, including the two leads themselves. Are they playing their employers/marks? Or each other? Or is the truth even more complicated? Because it IS a complicated story, or perhaps I should use the epithet "confusing", one we come to understand through a series of extended flashbacks, which makes the front half a bit difficult to follow. I felt satisfied with the conclusion, and with the way the theme of trust was handled, and perhaps that's enough. I just can't shake the feeling the story could have been told with more clarity. 6 years 4 months ago