But she is too far
undercover to let it get in the way now, and he is too much of a
professional to let it get out of hand. Or so it might seem. For
as the pair continue to work on their obvious covert mission (to
extract a secret from a beauty products' firm when the secret is so
secret all their bosses at the rival beauty products firm know is that
there is a secret) through a series of flashbacks we discover that
Claire and Ray have an agenda of their own. Though
whether that agenda is romantic, business, or yet another layer of
double cross even they don't seem to be sure. Which is most of the fun. Owen
now seems to be able to play two types of role (which is one more than
most actors): he can play the grim-faced and earnest type, as recently
seen in The International,
and he can play the funny, slightly rough edged and dangerous charmer -
which he does with plenty of the aforementioned charm here. Roberts
sticks with being self assured and strident, but it works for the
character, and interestingly she has the more "male" of the two roles:
Owen gets to be vulnerable, questioning and uncertain (he also gets to
have sex with a travel agent on her desk), while Roberts is the one who
keeps it bottled up inside. The story has enough twists to keep you guessing, though why you would want to keep guessing is never really explained. In the end this is really just a very, very intense piece of romantic fluff. DVD Special Features with Sean Lynch
Not much on offer here, not much at all.
That could have something to do with the fact that Duplicity,
despite being quite a fun flick, was such a non-event at the Box
Office. In fact, considering the cast, the film barely registered a
blip taking just over $40M at the USA Box Office and a little over $80M
worldwide. Kind of like a poor man's Oceans 11 meets a poor man's James Bond.
However,
if you're still wanting more after the end credits have rolled - then
you'll be pleased to know that included here is an audio commentary by
director Tony Gilroy.
Conclusion:
Movie 70% Extras: 20%
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