Character motivations, sequences of events, and that thing called plausibility are all a bit offensively slapdash.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Jun 27, 2019

In short, for fans of spy films of the '80s and '90s, particularly those starring Gere, The Double will not disappoint.

| Original Score: B | Feb 8, 2019

Like a magician performing one too many tricks, "The Double" overplays its deception while spinning a mildly diverting yarn.

Full Review | Aug 3, 2016

Richard Gere and Topher Grace say the lines and hit their marks like professionals do, but almost from the opening scene it's clear that this is a thriller that is less than thrilling.

| Original Score: 2/10 | Aug 3, 2016

Have you ever seen a movie like this? Yes? Then you know the answers to those questions. Or at least some of the answers. And you're right, they all involve "gotcha."

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 3, 2016

It's not bad, but it's not great either.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 3, 2016

Old laundry, a limp, doddering would-be thriller that desperately needs Jack Bauer to show up and start shooting things and yelling at people.

| Original Score: D+ | Jun 22, 2013

Director/Writer Michael Brandt does a nice job of building tension throughout the entire movie and gives old man Gere some action man chops.

| Original Score: B- | Apr 22, 2012

I may have seen some things coming in the story, but it was nonetheless interesting to watch things play out.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 13, 2012

Gere phones in a cool, detached performance. Grace is sub-par as the whiz kid agent. And, the story, despite numerous plot twists, fails to entertain. Grade: C.

| Original Score: C | Feb 8, 2012

You have to admire Brandt and Haas for taking such a gamble, but unfortunately it doesn't quite pay off.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 31, 2012

It is a flawed film, but one that accomplishes what it sets out to do: entertain, if in fits and starts, for an hour and a half.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 30, 2012

the ineffectiveness of the final half hour ultimately ensures that The Double ends on a disappointingly anticlimactic note.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 27, 2012

The type of professionally assembled star programmer a big studio would once release wide to a decent return in an off-peak season.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2012

With nothing resembling a character worth rooting for, the fact that the plot of The Double just gets sillier and sillier makes it one of the most annoying films of the year.

| Original Score: 1.0/5.0 | Nov 4, 2011

Brandt's thriller doesn't have much of a connection to the present, let alone reality.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 4, 2011

Questionable motives and unbelievable decisions are relatively small potatoes compared with the Sputnik-size plotholes.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Nov 4, 2011

The feature labors over details as though the C.I.A. is going to use this as a training tool for new recruits, taking a very silly, logic-leaping effort with the utmost seriousness.

| Original Score: D+ | Nov 3, 2011

Like a stripper who gets naked too quickly, the lukewarm spy thriller "The Double" lays out its big plot twist early in the movie - and soon finds, shivering, that it has nowhere else to go.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 3, 2011

The title "The Double" doesn't refer to baseball, but it could. The thriller may not hit it out of the park, but it's a solid double.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 3, 2011