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The Double Review

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1.5

Dave White Profile

Cable-ready. Read full review

1.5

Grae Drake Profile

Tepid thrills. Read full review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 2.0
    37

    out of 100

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  • 40

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Robert 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 Times Stephen 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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  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety Robert 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-Times Roger 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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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa 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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The Double review by brianmorgan
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4

Topher!
See it, it's not the most mind Bending thriller but it holds it's own. topher provides a solid performance, Gere hangs in but doesn't have much to work with in many scenes, he's almost a by stander. the film gives a solid twist and keeps you interested. Not incredible, but a good movie on a Friday night.

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