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The Double Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 58

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  The twist in The Double slack mystery-thriller is revealed with a shrug about a third of the way in. After that, it's all about Gere looking grim, and Grace looking stricken as he learns what we already know.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyRobert Koehler

  While there's the sense that this old guy/young guy spy angle has been done better by films like "Spy Game" a decade ago, Gere, never looking tougher or handsomer, and Grace, adding some action skills to his relatively cerebral persona, invigorate the proceedings in roles that would seem to benefit the actors' career arcs.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The movie was directed by Michael Brandt, who co-wrote the script with Derek Haas. Together they wrote a much better movie, "3:10 to Yuma." The Double doesn't approach it in terms of quality. None of it is particularly compelling.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesRobert Abele

  The movie's few pleasures, though, do belong to Gere, who makes the most of his preening caginess as a spook thrust back into the cold. Grace, though, comes off more whiny than tantalizingly adversarial.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Village Voice

  The Double, Michael Brandt's post?Cold War spy film, is grade-B hokum, but it's not without its occasional generic thrills.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  A moldy, post-cold-war spy thriller.

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• 40

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  A barely warm dish of Cold War leftovers that shows its hand too early, then works itself into an increasingly implausible tangle of knotty plot developments without ever mustering much intensity.

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