The Stranger Suggests

PRIME MEATSPACE DELIGHTS

Mailing List:
Twitter Feed:
| |
WED
APR 8, 2009
'Duplicity' FILM
'Duplicity'

Duplicity is not a masterpiece—it drags at times, its corporate landscape is ponderously gray, plus, you know, Julia Robertzzzzzzzzzzzz—but parts of it (dialogue, Clive Owen's chest hair) are masterful. The corporate-espionage comedy concerns a pair of former-spies-in-luv (Roberts and Owen) who concoct a scheme to grift two pharmaceutical giants out of millions. The best part of Duplicity is the opening credits, in which rival CEOs, played by giants of character Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson, brawl in super-slow-motion on a tarmac. It's fucking awesome. Who needs pretty people? (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film.) by Lindy West

Link  |  Post Comment (2)

 

Comments (2) RSS

Oldest First Unregistered On Registered On Add a comment
1
sigh...if only science could come up with a way to combine Clive Owen and Jon Hamm's DNA to create a race of super studs to satisfy our every sexual whim...
Posted by michael strangeways on April 8, 2009 at 11:09 AM · Report
2
Look... I saw this movie. Lindy is right that the slow motion brawl that opens the movie is the best part, and it is indeed awesome. But the rest of it is pretty much garbage, and for your $10.50, you get over two hours of it. Think about that before plunking down your hard earned cash.
Posted by kap0w on April 8, 2009 at 1:27 PM · Report

Add a comment

| |

All contents © Index Newspapers, LLC
1535 11th Ave (Third Floor), Seattle, WA 98122
Contact Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Takedown Policy