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The Double
2011
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Positive Reviews
12
Negative reviews
15
Average Rating
2.4
/5
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1.5
But Gere is on autopilot and Grace doesnt look like he couldve made it out of community college, let alone the FBI Academy.
Av Club
3.0
Roughly 99 percent of the time, if a movie that seems like it should be a big deal appears almost out of the blue, its because its lousy.
Av Club
4.5
The jobsworth security guard refuses to recognise him, even though hes worked there for seven years, and even mechanical things like lifts stubbornly ..
Den Of Geek
3.0
type Movie Current Status In Season mpaa PG 13 runtime 98 minutes Limited Release Date 10/28/11 performer Richard Gere, Topher Grace distributor Image ..
EW
2.5
Most of the time were waiting for the other shoe to drop.When, very late in the film, the screenplay comes up with a third shoe, thats going too far.
Rogerebert
2.5
Unfortunately, the proceedings are staged with the trite, predictable rhythms of garden variety espionage.
Indie Wire
0.6
Today, the Cold War is probably most palatable in period pieces, comedies, or conspiracy theories where it can sensibly be treated with the proper ins ..
4.5
The Film The Double doesnt take place in reality, exactly, but its a realistic world.
Collider
2.0
But almost everything else about this routine thriller, from its slick visuals to its churning techno score, is unremarkable.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Indeed, there is, and its satisfying enough to gratify those who spend the film guessing what it might be.
Paste Magazine
2.5
The Double, Michael Brandts postCold War spy film, is grade B hokum, but its not without its occasional generic thrills.
Village Voice
1.9
Surely hes tired of doing this callow young guy learning at the feet of the master shtick, which is another way of saying he manages to be neither cha ..
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Im sure the filmmakers are quite proud of their cats cradle of a movie, but whats lacking is a mounting sense of unrest, a tense acceleration of revea ..
Blu Ray
2.5
Few movie stars can exhibit incredulity with the film theyre in more charmingly than Richard Gere, and in this ridiculous spy thrillerabout a former C ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
Otherwise, Brandts thriller doesnt have much of a connection to the present, let alone reality.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.5
Its in the remainder of the proceedings that 13 loses its tenuous grip on the viewer, with the increasingly repetitive structure ensuring that the mov ..
Reel Film Reviews
1.3
What can you say about a dull spy thriller that gives away its big secret both in its trailer and the films title.Not that you wouldnt figure this out ..
New York Post
2.5
Why the hell shoot yourself in the foot this way and negate the suspense
Film Journal International ..
2.0
With its convoluted plot and fading stars, The Double feels like a straight to DVD feature that somehow sneaked onto the big screen.Its simply not ver ..
Az Central
3.5
The story makes no sense and leads nowhere but into a creaky buddy movie that cant round itself off without a last minute hero falling on his sword to ..
Npr
3.5
Not spying in the realistic quiet stealing of secrets, this world lies in the Bond direction of nasty mayhem and is double not only in tried and true ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.1
This should be a great revelatory momenta cathartic, audience popping Aha! discovery that culminates a long building climax in grand style.
Q Network
2.0
Susan Grangers review of The Double (Image Entertainment) Despite its incessantly percussive music, this disappointing Cold War espionage thriller dil ..
Susang Ranger
1.3
You cant even say that when all else fails, there is always the acting.
Observer
1.5
Its filler, with all the old school Cold War blah blah that older audiences who regularly watch this stuff already know about.And honestly, even if al ..
Movies
1.0
Click the book to read the first chapter and for ordering information.
Tony Medley
3.0
Outrageous plot and character reversals lead up to a predictably bloody climax that feels more like the ending of a Roadrunner cartoon.
Coles Mithey
3.5
I may have seen some things coming in the story, but it was nonetheless interesting to watch things play out.
7M Pictures
3.5
The Double is one of those dark, even nihilistic seeming thrillers where every turn seems to be a turn for the worse.Seek it out; its definitely worth ..
Hollywood And Fine
1.0
With nothing resembling a character worth rooting for, the fact that the plot of The Double just gets sillier and sillier makes it one of the most ann ..
Hollywood Chicago
2.0
And there still museums with pay what you wish admission, if not every day, then on certain days weekly or monthly.You just have to know who offers wh ..
New York Time Out
2.0
There are plenty of twists and turns, but the film is dull and mostly uninteresting.
Movie Chambers
2.5
Heres hoping Decembers Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy offers a little more style and substance for spy film aficionados.
Miami
3.0
Im such a freaking sucker for Bond that Ive purchased almost all of MGMs triple dip set of Bond films I have three versions of all 21 movies.There was ..
Eclipse Magazine
2.0
Sure, it has double crosses, and hidden identities, but they all seem a little bored, lacking the energy to even pretend to try to surprise you.It bar ..
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