Film

Double Jeopardy 1999

Directed by Bruce Beresford

  • Thriller, Crime, Mystery
  • 105 min
  • R

Murder isn't always a crime.

Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest, however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superior and law enforcement colleagues, as she plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival, and revenge.

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Character

Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • earnestironic
  • gravecomic
  • unpretentiousprestige

Who loves it, who doesn't

The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 22The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: loved by 22The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 1The Empath: disliked by 11 / 1The FormalistThe Formalist: disliked by 20 / 2The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: disliked by 20 / 2The ArchivistThe Archivist: loved by 11The IronistThe Ironist: disliked by 10 / 1The Comfort SeekerThe Comfort Seeker: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

19 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Formalists.

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