Clive Owen and Julia Roberts star in this romantic caper flick about corporate espionage.  Duplicity aims for a slick, twisty narrative that pulls its audiences to the edges of their seats.  And it misses.  The philosophy behind the movie seems to have been “put another plot twist in there.”  The result is that one’s guard against “shocking revelation” never goes down, lobotomizing our ability to feel surprise.  The on-screen chemistry suffers as well, throttled as it is by the script’s eyebrow-cocking distrust.  Hard to follow.  Hard to believe.  Hard to like.  Skip it.

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