The Double
Image Entertainment | Release Date: October 28, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 20 Critic Reviews
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58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumOct 26, 2011
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. Read full review
58
IndieWireEric KohnOct 26, 2011
Having laid out the scenario, Brandt drags it through the motions of a tired procedural. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderBen SachsNov 3, 2011
Ineptly realized in everything but its chase scenes (which are, I'll admit, pretty good), the movie is rich in moments of inadvertent surrealism. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertNov 2, 2011
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. Read full review
50
MovielineAlison WillmoreOct 27, 2011
The Double does contain some delightfully over-the-top twists that make no sense but are great fun to consider. Read full review
50
VarietyRobert KoehlerOct 22, 2011
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. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayOct 26, 2011
Roughly 99 percent of the time, if a movie that seems like it should be a big deal appears almost out of the blue, it's because it's lousy. The Double doesn't exactly buck that trend. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicRandy CordovaNov 3, 2011
With its convoluted plot and fading stars, The Double feels like a straight-to-DVD feature that somehow sneaked onto the big screen. It's simply not very good. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineKate ErblandOct 28, 2011
Too silly to be confusing and too flaccid to reach potboiler status, the convoluted spy-thriller The Double is a tossed-off theatrical release that lands with a resounding thud. Read full review
40
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 28, 2011
Gere and Grace do make a decent odd couple, but neither seems entirely committed. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 27, 2011
A moldy, post-cold-war spy thriller. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 27, 2011
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. Read full review
40
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerOct 25, 2011
The Double, Michael Brandt's post–Cold War spy film, is grade-B hokum, but it's not without its occasional generic thrills. Read full review
40
Time OutEric HynesOct 25, 2011
Like a "Training Day" for spy thrillers, The Double provocatively pairs Gere and Grace as a gray-green odd couple, only to unravel as the double-crossed absurdities pile up and the duo start trading bad Russian accents in a private Mexican standoff. Oh nyet you didn't! Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyOct 22, 2011
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. Read full review
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