Double Jeopardy

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Double Jeopardy

R,

1999,

1h 45m,

Mystery & Thriller/

Crime/

Drama/

Action/

Comedy

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28%

88 Reviews

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61%

100,000+ Ratings

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Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) 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 (Tommy Lee Jones). Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superiors and law enforcement colleagues.

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Critics Consensus

A talented cast fails to save this unremarkable thriller.

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Mark Caro

Chicago Tribune

Jan 1, 2000

1.5/4

The picture itself is so nonsensical you don't understand why anyone would actually make it.

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Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Jan 1, 2000

2.5/4

Visual lushness is almost the only indication that the movie was directed by the same Bruce Beresford who made Breaker Morant and Driving Miss Daisy.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Jan 1, 2000

The result has a drawback common to such movies: too much screen time devoted to the conceit when anyone who has seen the coming-attractions trailer knows it already.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Sep 28, 2026

3.5/5

'Double Jeopardy' just might be the magnum opus of the Ashley Judd Thriller™, a genre that deserves its own classification.

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

Nov 2, 2022

3.5/5

Who doesn't love a 90s female-fronted action thriller? Judd completely sells Libby's transformation in this wannabe The Fugitive sequel. While some of the politics of Lee Jones' character are icky, it's very satisfying seeing Greenwood get his comeuppance

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David Nusair

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Jul 11, 2019

3/4

...a slightly overlong yet mostly engrossing thriller...

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Feb 17, 2019

Reading these reviews many years after the movie as it on TV today 2019/ feb.. interesting as I remember the movie very well and I gave a hard time remembering what I had for lunch yesterday.. my point, sometimes things seam uneventful at the time but stay printed in the mind .. this movie did for me after all these years. I even remembered the plot. Omg

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Anakin W

Feb 15, 2019

Fun revenge film which offers something a little different.

Hermione M

Jan 20, 2019

Just saw this movie tonight in 2019 for the first time. For the type of movie it was it was suspenseful. The acting by all was quite good. Ashley Judd was wonderful in it. Tommy Lee Jones was as well. If you are looking for something deep and subtle you chose the wrong movie.

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Finn W

Sep 18, 2018

Legally speaking, DOUBLE JEOPARDY means that a movie can't be knocked twice for the same failing-all the better, because I wouldn't want to watch it again. With fine performances bolstering a lackluster, perfunctory script, the movie ends up shifting from one complication to the next without building suspense or narrative tension, like it's just killing time, but without getting away with it.

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Luke G

Jul 6, 2018

I still love this movie. Thriller, great acting, great story.

Kylo M

Mar 24, 2018

Why not title this film: 'Sorry I killed your dad'? After all, she kills her kid's dad at the end. Funny how the kid doesn't seem to mind. Ashley Judd looks too good to have been in prison for six years (but then again this is Hollywood). Well acted movie; Tommy Lee Jones and Bruce Greenwood are well cast.

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Synopsis

Framed for the murder of her husband, Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) 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 (Tommy Lee Jones). Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superiors and law enforcement colleagues.

Director: Bruce Beresford
Producer: Leonard Goldberg, Richard Luke Rothschild
Screenwriter: David Weisberg, Douglas Cook
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R (Some Sexuality|Language|Some Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 24, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2011
Box Office (Gross USA): $116.7M
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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