| Double Jeopardy | | Cast : | Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood | | Director : | Bruce Beresford | | Studio : | Paramount Studio | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 24, 1999 | | DVD Released Date : | December 12, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | June 03, 2005 | | Summary | Murder and Intrigue | Content
 | Double Jeopardy
A new twist on a classic murder story. Usually it is the wife that is murdered, or disappears. Here the husband is murdered, and his wife is convicted for the murder. She was asleep at the time, and knew nothing. But the bloody circumstantial evidence is irrefutable. [Did they check the DNA of the bloodstains, and whether it had EDTA as a preservative?] Libby's best friend adopts her child, and is given control of the $2 million trust fund. Libby is convicted and sent to prison.
Libby makes a phone call to her best friend, and hears her son say "Daddy"; no body was ever found. Libby gets parole, but escapes to track her friend. She finds out that her friend died in an explosion at home, her husband and son moved away. Knowing of her husband's art interests, she tracks him down. Converting stolen money into art work for later sale seems to leave no trail for the IRS. [Is this a tax loophole for the super-rich?]
Libby tracks down her husband by his current name to New Orleans. Her parole officer is on her trail, but keeps missing her. Libby shows her savoir-faire by ordering an expensive dress that allows her entry to the soiree; her prison education? Her husband Nick fools her in a cemetery, and dumps her into a coffin. Locked in a coffin, she uses a handy tool to escape. There is an action-filled ending, where the villain is stopped before he can kill again. Libby will get a pardon, and rejoin her son. Overall, a good film with a happy ending. But could her husband have begun a new rich life in New Orleans so easily? Aren't the wealthy suspicious of the nouveau riche?
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| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | Double Jeopardy (1999) | Content
| Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau, Bruce Greenwood.
Running Time: 93 minutes.
Rated R for violence, language, and simulated sex.
While not the most intelligent or original of thrillers, "Double Jeopardy" manages to squeak out as much positive energy from a fairly mediocre script and only adequate direction due to its solid starring cast. The life of Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) was going perfectly. She had a beautiful boy with her extremely successful husband (Bruce Greenwood). While on a second honeymoon trip on their yacht, Libby has her life turned upside down when she realizes that her husband has been murdered. To make matters even worse, Libby is the only suspect in the case and is charged with murder and sentenced to jail.
Knowing that she was not the killer, Libby waits out her time in jail until her parole. She learns that her son has been taken into custody and suspects that her husband may not even be dead after all. Her parole officer, the gritty Travis Lehman (played by the dependable Tommy Lee Jones), stays on her like a hawk, but she manages to escape out of his grasp in search of the truth--she knows that her husband is still alive and she will do whatever it takes to get her perfect life back--even if she has to kill her "dead" husband. Lehman stays one step behind her, attempting to catch her before she can do anymore damage. Judd and Jones are a supremely entertaining pair, but unfortunately they are not together on screen much during the last half of the film. Greenwood is exceptional as the conniving worm of a husband. Nothing too special, "Double Jeopardy" is a fine film to catch on the television if it pops onto NBC or CBS on the weekends. Luckily, the film does not spend any time actually debating the validity of the double jeopardy clause--maybe we'll get lucky and that argument will be present in a sequel.
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| Rating | | | Date | May 31, 2005 | | Summary | Not recommended | Content
| This was a long way to go to get to see mother and son reunite. So many scenes that would make a great cartoon. For instance, leave the convict in the car with the keys? why do that? he may as well left the keys to the handcuffs also, if he did it would have lessened the torture of watching it. Judd should focus on other types of movies. she's not a super hero. The only saving grace was that Tommy Lee Jones was in it. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 26, 2005 | | Summary | Good for psychological insight | Content
| Ashely Judd plays Libby Parson, a woman accused of murdering her husband. While in jail, she discovers that her husband is still alive and has her son. She serves her time and, once on parole, sets out after her husband. After all, she can't be sentenced twice for killing her husband.
This movie provides insight into how far a person would go to get back what they love the most. The only problem I see with it is the sex scene at the beginning. Yuck. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 20, 2005 | | Summary | pretty good | Content
| I saw this movie a while back and have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. There is some gaps in it, some unbelievable parts, if you well. A bit far-fetched such as the main character getting out of jail (being in there for murder) after about seven years instead of a life setence. You need some imagination. But, if you put stuff like that aside, it can raelly be a great and enjoyable movie.
A bit predictable, but still highly enjoayble. One of those movies you'll likly remember. |
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