Duplicity

Watched Duplicity earlier in the day with Mb and Clarence at The Cathay. The review and synopsis are as follows.

Duplicity is a story about long-time lovers, Claire Stenwick (Julia Roberts) and Ray Koval (Clive Owen), who happened to work as spies on opposite sides. Both of them team up, staging an elaborate con to rip off corporations and steal a valuable product.

This film by Tony Gilroy is a smart, slick and well-crafted comic caper that features thespians like Julia Roberts, portraying an intelligent and confident woman who was formerly a CIA agent, and Clive Owen, portraying an ex-MI6 agent who is both career-driven and deeply in love with Claire. There are numerous plot twists and most of them will catch audiences unaware of the story development.

Despite the good direction and acting, the script may be too overloaded for audiences to fully appreciate this light-hearted con caper. This film is sophisticated fun if the pacing of the movie were to be hastened just a bit and some of the excessive plot twists reduced in quantity.

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