The opposite poles of Alfred Hitchcock movies are for me defined by Vertigo and To Catch a Thief. Vertigo is relentlessly frightening and you are tense watching it. To Catch a Thief has strong elements of humor, beautiful scenery and Cary Grant and Grace Kelly flirting a lot. David Mamet is now the main producer of the first style. And now Tony Gilroy is a candidate for a producer of something like the second style, with his new movie Duplicity. A.O. Scott gives it a glowing review. There is not even a trace of violence in it so it’s even lighter that To Catch a Thief. I had a lot of fun but I don’t want to oversell it. Look at the reader comments to Scott”s review! If you set expectations wrongly, people are disappointed. But one of the comments has it spot on: The outside option to seeing Duplicity is I Love You, Man. Unless, you want to do Dinner and No Movie, Duplicity is your best option.
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