Props need to be dealt first and foremost to the fun and flirtatious trailer that got me to go see a Julia Roberts movie on opening night. (the trailer can be found here: http://duplicitymovie.net/) Secondly, additional kudos on the super slo-mo opening title sequence - highly entertaining and definitely worth my $10 to see it on the big screen.
"Duplicity" feels like a tempered down "Ocean's Eleven" and a much better version of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". Julia Roberts and Clive Owen play Claire and Ray - lovers and former spies with a new agenda in a complicated and amusing web of misdirection. It's sassy, sexy, and rather fun. The two stars have chemistry and there's no denying the romance that these characters feel - you know, the grown up kind that is messy and driven by mistrust and confusion. That's how I like my relationships...vague and always on the precipice of being a complete and total disaster. I guess you could say I related...not to the lure of millions of dollars or exotic travel...but to the utter tension between the main duo. It's irritatingly hot.
Following this terribly attractive twosome can at times feel exhausting so it's important to juxtapose it with another phenomenal set of opposing forces - the undeniably funny Paul Giamatti and the always brilliant Tom Wilkinson as CEOs of competing corporate monstrosities. They're a joy to watch in action and clearly, they had an absolute blast playing these over the top blowhard heads of industry.
That's the skinny. So your mission: grab some champagne with someone delicious at a local night spot...bat your eyes...flip your hair...go check out this movie. That's it, now you're in play. Go get 'em Tiger. Grr.
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