paulclaassen 40 Minutes into the film it still made no sense and I had no idea what the film was supposed to be about. A waste of a good cast - give it a skip.

spamobile Despite the not too high rating I was really trying to really love this movie. I must say it was hard going. Mixed feelings about watching it really. By all means do see it, I did for a part enjoy the movie as it's not bad, it's just not as brilliant as you would hope for. The acting is pretty good. Just look at the cast, they're all professionals. As to the characters, mmmm, they don't really seem to develop a lot, bit too shallow. Is it a thriller, not to sure about that, the element of excitement is missing. Not that it's very predictable but it's not shivering good either. Is it a comedy, no, definitely not, but it has some humor in it. Action movie, thank god no. Mixed feelings, not just about watching it, but about the movie as a whole. I found it confusing to such a level that it misses the thriller bit in it due to that. Again, I would recommend seeing it, it's a good movie, but, just don't get your hopes up too much on a thrilling adventure, it's just not that.

GAWeldon There have been a lot of really good movies about spies over the years, people risking their lives to protect their country/king/scientific secrets/etc. These can be very entertaining. I've never given much thought about corporate spies. These are (real) people who take jobs in businesses and steal their secrets (formulas, product ideas) and sell them to the competition. What a waste of a life that must be-constantly stabbing your employers, co-workers, and friends in the back for money. Not very noble, and not very entertaining.Duplicity takes 2 of these parasites and places them in a "comedy-romance". Forst of all, there was only one funny joke in the entire movie, and it had nothing to do with either star. Second, the 2 leads meet, fall into bed together immediately, and spend the entire movie not trusting each other while sleeping together and professing their "love".This is an ugly movie about nasty, dirty people. I really like Julia Roberts, but her character here was awful. I actually spent most of the movie hoping the "plan" they were working on would fail. The fact that no one in the movie was likable made the entire story hard to watch. No one was happy, no one was nice, no one was worth me spending 2 hours of my life with.The flashbacks and time jumps, while distracting and hard to follow at first, made sense by the end. They were necessary to keep the viewer from noticing that the story was very simple. 2 con artists get jobs as trusted experts at competing companies. They secretly work together to steal one company's formula with the help of the other company, only to screw THAT company in the end, too. What an awful group of people.

jeevakp103 I never thought i will write my first review for such a disappointing movie. Slated as a con movie this movie cons its viewers in the end. For those who want to watch a Con Movie, this is my sincere request ...please DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME on this piece of nonsense. You can imagine that after rating almost 300 movies for this site i am writing my first review just to avoid people from further wasting their time in high hopes and getting nothing. And Flashbacks which were employed to add spice to the movie were in fact a great torture too...Moreover, the trepid and intransigent plot of the movie inundated with flashbacks invoked me to inveigh and to launch an invective but whatever i am writing here is just an iota of the degree how i felt about this movie