Duplicity

[Drunk Monk]

I really want to dislike Julia Roberts. I'm not sure why really. I just want to not like her. Nevertheless, once again, I found myself liking her. She's smart and sexy and duplicitous. And she's finally put on a few pounds so she doesn't look so freakishly anorexic. Clive Owen sports a lot of deer-in-the-headlights expressions which I imagine is a device to get us to identify with him. Can he trust Julia or will she double cross him? Who knows? It sort of works, but at the same time, it betrays his uber-cool spyness. And any film where Giamatti can go apeshit is amusing.

Not a great film but a fun little spy thriller/romance. It's funny but not violent. A good date flick. They even play Baccarat, the game of spies.