Duplicity

Duplicity has all the elements of a successful film, great story, direction and characters, and, great chemistry between its two main stars, namely Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. The two play former American and British spies who quit their jobs in order to work in the much more lucrative field of corporate spying. Their main goal though, is to work a scam involving two rival companies, whose respective CEOs hate each other, and to walk away with millions. We know how much the two CEOs hate each other because they engage in a heated fight/wrestling match on an airport tarmac. The two, played by Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson are so angry you'd think their bonuses were just taken away. Meanwhile Julia and Clive must work their scam despite their complete lack of trust in each other, which of course doesn't prevent them from enjoying each other in the bedroom. The two stars project just the right amount of cynicism and world weariness that you would expect of people who do what they do for a living, and they create electricity whenever they're together onscreen. A solid piece of entertainment.

Rating 3 1/2 Stars