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I'm calling on all script writers and movie directors to take a little bit more time and flesh out a better "ending" for your films TV projects. A lot of of the shows and movies that I watch nowadays, including this particular movie, starts out interestingly enough and pique your interest with a plot that is filled with potential only to sputter out at the end. I mean, come on, let's just do a little bit better. Let's just put a little bit more effort into the endings of films and shows. These film developers are getting millions of dollars to create these projects and it's like - when it's time to write an ending or shoot the conclusion they just rush to the finish line. It's not impossible. I remember watching episodes of Game of Thrones or episodes of Better Call Saul and/or the Ozark and by the end of the episode, right before the credits roll, you just sit there with your mouth wide open. More shows and movies could strive to make people have that feeling, it's not hard. And everything does not always need to be tied into a pretty little bow - you can be a bit daring and shocking in your art, it's OK. These movies and shows lure us In with a good plot potential and then we get let down over and over and over again. It's getting tiring and folks are pretty soon, just going to stop caring (at all) about the projects you develop.

I recently watched Tyler Perry's new movie "Duplicity," and I'd like to share my thoughts without giving away any plot details for those who haven't seen it yet. From the outset, the film's direction is fairly predictable, adhering to a familiar formula seen in many of Perry's previous works. As such, there isn't much suspense, and it's easy to foresee how the story unfolds.

While the cast comprises talented actors, the film ultimately falls short for me. Many of the issues presented are glossed over, lacking the necessary buildup and depth. I believe the movie would have benefited from more background information and character development, allowing viewers to connect more deeply with the characters.

The ending offers some action, but it's limited to the last 20 minutes of the nearly two-hour runtime. This leaves the rest of the movie feeling drawn out, with many moments where more development could have enriched the story. Unfortunately, this seems to be a case where Tyler Perry missed the mark.

The film had the potential to be great, but its lack of character development and predictability hindered its impact. One central theme, the issue of police shootings of unarmed Black men and the societal response to such events, deserved more attention and exploration. This aspect, in particular, could have been a powerful focal point.

I admire Tyler Perry as a director, but I feel that both he and his team often miss opportunities to delve deeper into important themes and character arcs. There are numerous elements in his films that could take center stage but remain underdeveloped. As a result, "Duplicity" didn't quite resonate with me as much as I had hoped.

Okay, the film isn't Oscar worthy, but it's also not 3 hrs long. Yes, the acting wasn't the best, and some parts were very well over acted, but the plot twists more than made up for its deficiencies. It's "free" on Prime and worth the watch, so enjoy the movie. It's just over 90 minutes long.

I think it also did well addressing current social issues with a positive message, like we can all do better. Thank you Tyler Perry for addressing issues that most filmmakers don't.

While I appreciate the comments to help me gauge a movie, some 5's are on the cusp of becoming a good to a very good movie.

Tyler once said he writes his scripts in a week and from this film.. we can see. There were so many plot holes, and although the plot twists were good it just left me with more questions. After the movie, I had to rewind to the beginning to see if I was just stupid or if he really just did not take enough time to write a full and complete story. I love supporting black people but Tyler what the hell?? I shouldn't need a thorough explanation video after watching a Tyler Perry movie... The scene where the white woman says she doesn't want to talk to the attorney anymore and she just turns around and the camera is still on her will be ingrained in my brain forever. We need you to spend more time writing Tyler, I just don't understand.

I honestly don't know what it is about Tyler Perry's movies, but he has a habit of hiring ridiculously attractive people who just can't act. Duplicity is no exception. The dialogue is painfully awkward, filled with lines that don't sound like anything real people would say, and the way the actors deliver them makes it even worse. Everything is over-acted. The entire movie feels forced, unnatural, and honestly, a little embarrassing to watch. Everything is off. Everything is melo-dramatic, overblown and just overall Youtube influencer type of acting.

The only reason I even gave this movie a chance was because of Kat Graham. She was great in The Vampire Diaries, so I know she's capable of delivering a strong performance. But here? It was actually painful to watch her act alongside people who seemed like they had never stepped in front of a camera before. Every interaction was stiff, robotic, and lacking any real chemistry. It's like they just grabbed random people off the street and put them in a major film with zero preparation.

On top of that, the plot is just messy. It's predictable, overly dramatic in the worst way, and full of cringeworthy moments that made me want to turn it off multiple times. I kept waiting for it to get better, for something to make it all worth sitting through, but it never did.

If you're looking for a well-acted, engaging movie, this is not it. It's frustratingly bad, and the only thing worse than the acting is the writing. Don't waste your time.

This is a misfire on nearly every front. It trivializes serious issues like police shootings for shallow plot twists, offering no real insight. The storyline is convoluted and implausible, with poorly developed characters acting without logic. The direction feels lazy, the dialogue is clunky, and recycled scenes (like the boat climax from Acrimony) add to the déjà vu. Visually, it looks like outdated TV. Instead of evolving, Perry leans on tired tropes and shock value.

I honestly don't know why people bother with the same regurgitated style of movies he produces. It's now packed with more agenda than before.

He's made his money from the gullible black church community and should move on! Don't watch it but hey, everyone to their own.

Interesting Amazon original movie.

It is a modest police thriller, in some ways also with a fairly predictable ending, which however has the greatest merit of addressing, in a fairly clear and understandable way, also some socially burning and politically always very current issues, namely the training techniques of police officers, the superficial and approximate way of closing certain legal cases through plea bargaining, the domestic violence and, above all, the racism.

Aesthetically, the work is very good, filmed in 4K, it is practically free from criticism.

In my humble opinion, it is worth seeing, provided that one has a certain indulgence towards certain glaring interpretative errors (even on the part of the protagonists, unfortunately). It is certainly not a boring movie, even if, as already mentioned, it lacks originality.

Super slow moving unbelievable, literally impossible, plot, so NOT great crime, couldn't happen in a million years, like a high schooler's 1st attempt at a crime novel, with a ton of gaping holes, great actors and actresses but the script drags on and it looks like the actors themselves are having trouble figuring out which part of the plot they are in, the reactions don't always match the storyline. The last 2 minutes did have one great scene where the summary of how we should as a society face police shootings was a great line. So, wait for the movie to be free and watch the last 2 minutes; you will get the point I'm sure Tyler Perry had in mind. Following the storyline also makes the viewer have to struggle to put it together, because it's a puzzle of plots that don't quite fit, like struggling to put together a puzzle and realizing it's a collage of mismatched images with several plots, not interconnected, a puzzle with several images within one. LIke a story written by several different people who didn't know for sure what the other writers were going to write.

Duplicity of 2025 on Prime Amazon. It is a wonderful mystery thriller with unbelievable twists and turns. The story plot is very strong and that makes the film interesting. It is about taking up a case by a black advocate about a killing of her best friend's husband (both black) by a white police officer. This erupts the local residents anger and the city is getting violent. The advocate with the help of her boyfriend (an ex police officer, now a private investigator), tries to find out the killing as murder of a black by white. Mind you there is no courtroom drama and yet the case is concluded with twists and turns. Everything is good about this film but becomes slow at times. Nevertheless Duplicity is a good suspense thriller to go for.

So Marley and her private investigator husband live in this really nice house. One day she gets mad at her husband and when he gets home, she's downstairs with a blanket and she informs him that he has to sleep on the couch. The only problem is that just by looking at the house, you know there absolutely has to be at least one additional bedroom in that house. Prior to this scene, he had made Marley some breakfast and told her "it's not much, but I made it with love". See, people don't actually talk like this in real life but I'm not sure if Tyler knows this. It's pretty cringe when Tyler tries to write using expletives and there's a little bit of that here. And TP knows absolutely nothing about nuance. He'll write dialogue like: "don't think I forgot that you faked that slip and fall 5 years ago and got that $32,000 settlement". Like bro...you've made a ton of money and I'm sure there's far more talented writers who just need an opportunity. How about you give them that opportunity?

PEOPLE HATE THIS MOVIE BECAUSE TYLER PERRY DID NOT CHOOSE BLM. This movie was amazing I share it with not only my friends, partner and co workers also others, and we all absolutely loved it. It's sad really that people are just looking for reasons to be upset also angry nowadays. This movie is not only great but has such great amazing quality and acting (let's not forget effort put into this entire movie set). Highly will/have recommend and will continue to share with everyone! This is a must watch and will be remembered. The story line was interesting and compelling as well as well thought through.

Would give 0 but no such option was available. Seriously, the acting is non-existent and the script is laughable and predictable from like minute 5 of the film. I love how Tyler Perry is kind enough to include his name in the title of every film so we know to avoid it. Seriously, this dude has such a huge ego, he thinks he is some kind of Spielberg? He hasn't produced a single good film. He needs to touch grass, or maybe he surrounds himself with sycophants who clap at his every idea. Someone ought to tell him how crap his films are, or its just money laundering. It is not entertainment for sure.

This "flim" race baits for 90 percent of the movie bumbling over poor dialogue and over acting. The actors have zero emotional range and while not sure of the direction they were given their anger or concern is met with yelling. The scenes where there should be passion it's a dull yell or multiple curse words strummed together. The plot of that's what we can call it is contrived and soulless. You have black Americans who have experienced these traumas and it was poorly displayed in a script that could care less about these issues and only wanted to be a zinger at the end. The twist would break its neck if it were a person because the catastrophe that ensues at the end of the movie leaves me befuddled. I will never look at a flare gun again. The exposition dump in the 4th act of the this movie was an effort I'm guessing to pad the runtime of an already dragging film. It's safe to say this won't be his last film it's like a train wreck it just keeps going and we can do nothing but watch in disbelief!

STAR RATING: ***** Brilliant **** Very Good *** Okay ** Poor * Awful

Marley Wells (Kat Graham) is a high flying attorney, with a loving husband, Tony (Tyler Perry, also starring?!!) and her best friend, Fela (Meagan Tandy.) However, when Fela's partner, Kevin (RonReaco Lee) is slain in a police stop, by new recruit Officer Caleb (Jimi Stanton), under the supervision of family friend Shannon (Shannon LaNier), Wells's life is thrown into a whirlwind of disarray, with a devastating truth where everything may not be as it seems.

For the fourth time in the space of a year (including his two and a half hour unseen farrago Divorce in the Black), writer/director Tyler Perry has another passion project on the go that he can't wait for us all to see. Featuring a no name cast, including, it seems, the man himself, here he has a stab at a suspense thriller with a social justice slant thrown in ('cos that's still an in thing), but if at first he didn't succeed, trying, trying and trying again really hasn't worked for him.

The theme of black men being shot dead in police stops still holds a great deal of passion for many, and so it's still a fairly inspired premise on which to base a new film, but here it's delivered in such a ham fisted, heavy handed manner that it has no effect. There is the slightest hint of genuine suspense and mystery to the story, but it's quickly drowned out by descending into a preposterous, drawn out ending that pollutes the rest of the project.

Missieur Perry would do well to consider the likes of Uwe Boll, and even the 'legendary' Ed Wood, and consider his present trajectory in their direction before he gets carried away again. **

Tyler Perry continues to prove that even though he has made so many films, he still refuses to learn his craft. He is such a horrible filmmaker, who cannot write a decent script and cannot direct a decent movie despite the endless resources he has. This was just really, really, bad, with bad, soap opera directing - stiff, no movement, shots of cars pulling away when that is so unnecessary, repeated nothing, over and over again. Tired, old themes, repetitive silly scenes, and on and on. How truly horrible, slow and silly this madness is and was. Just bad, like a film made by a teenager who watches soap operas 24/7.

Bad script, bad direction, childish melodrama, could not finish it. What a waste of good actors, all because of Perry, again. I'd like to put Perry behind a "blue wall." Good grief.

I don't get all the bad reviews. You should have stopped watching it ten minutes in but the fact that you watched the whole thing means they it was intriguing and it captured your attention all the way to the end 😂😂. The actors were great,the dialogues were great and ngl I wish there was a part two of the movie. The plot was insane ,I didn't expect that at all. I loved the movie. Yeah! And I don't get why I need to type out six hundred characters for my review to be valid so I'm gonna type out anything that comes in mind till it's considered valid. Currently I need 28 more. Characters and voila! I did it.

I knew the plot twist immediately. Anyone shocked by this plot twist is just gullible. Twenty-five minutes into the movie, I knew how it would end. The acting isn't as bad as people are saying it is. It's really just a predictable story. The only people who will like this are those that like the message that it sends about biases. Any good rating here is just about the topic itself "police shootings" and has nothing to do with the story and its delivery. So basically it's bias driving them to like this movie when you think about it. The fans of it have bias about bias that leads. Pretty funny.

Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025) is a mystery thriller movie written and directed by Tyler Perry and it is another steaming pile of garbage from this man's filmography.

Positives for Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025): Kat Graham is the only person trying to give a good performance in the movie. That's all I've got to say for the positives.

Negatives for Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025): The directing and writing of this movie is on par with all of the other movies Tyler Perry has made which is to say is terrible. The story is very predictable from start to finish. The characters are either bland, boring or annoying. And finally, the movie suffers from the usual racism that is always present in all of Tyler Perry's movies.

Overall, Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025) is a joke of a movie just like Tyler Perry himself and it's one of the worst moves of 2025.

This movie was rather boring and uninspiring. The acting was poorly done and over the top..too extreme imo. The storyline and ending was very predictable because it was similar to so many other stories that are often seen and discussed..nothing new! You could figure out what's going on within a few minutes into the film. This movie lacked character development and suspense. It was more of a drama than a crime story andnot much action, except towards the end. There were a couple of well-known actors who has been in other Tyler Perry productions, but everyone else was pure amateurs. Not one of Tyler Perry's best.