MIT Lecture Series Committee

Rated PG-13
125 minutes

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format: 35mm

Duplicity (2009)

Closer co-stars Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for Oscar-nominated director Tony Gilroy's drama tracing the illicit love affair between two spies-turned-corporate operatives. The Cold War has thawed, and for CIA agents seeking to make an easy mint, the real money is in multinational corporations. Former CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and former MI6 agent Ray Koval (Owen) are both racing to secure the formula for a product that will bring untold wealth to the company that lands the patent first. As the stakes begin to rise, their passions start to flare. Meanwhile, their mutual employers, industry giant Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and trailblazing CEO Dick Garsil (Paul Giamatti) start resorting to some seriously underhanded tactics in hope of gaining an advantage over the competition. Loners by definition of their own careers, Claire and Ray engage in a series of schemes and double-crosses while contending with the fact that their mutual attraction could ultimately jeopardize their entire missions. [allmovie.com]

A light/bright movie that actually illuminates our dull grey lives, reminding us that intrigue can be, well, intriguing. And damn sexy too.
      -- Rick Groen, Globe and Mail. Read this review.