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  • 58
    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. Read full review

  • 50
    Movieline |

    The Double does contain some delightfully over-the-top twists that make no sense but are great fun to consider. Read full review

  • 50
    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. Read full review

  • 40
    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. Read full review

  • 40
    New York Daily News | Elizabeth Weitzman

    Gere and Grace do make a decent odd couple, but neither seems entirely committed. Read full review

  • 38
    Orlando Sentinel | Roger Moore

    The Double is barely half the movie it had the potential of becoming. Read full review

  • 25
    New York Observer | Rex Reed

    Rarely has Mr. Gere walked through any movie with so little energy and so much indifference. I've seen more fervor on the face of a man parking a car. Read full review

  • 25
    Washington Post |

    Speaking of the script, questionable motives and unbelievable decisions are relatively small potatoes compared with the Sputnik-size plotholes. Read full review

  • 25
    New York Post | Lou Lumenick

    Michael Brandt's soporific thriller is making a token stop in theaters before its January DVD debut. Miss it if you can. Read full review

  • 12
    Slant Magazine |

    If the idea of a political thriller with a modern-day Cold War theme resonates with you or something in our collective unconscious, my FOMO levels are higher than a lonely night on Facebook. Read full review

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