Double Jeopardy (1999)

	Directed by: Bruce Beresford	COUNTRY Germany/Canada/USA GENRE Thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE Double Jeopard RUNNING TIME 105 minutes
	Produced by: Leonard Goldberg
	Written by: David Weisberg Douglas S. Cook

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Travis Lehman	Tommy Lee Jones	½
Libby Parsons	Ashley Judd	½
Nick Parsons	Bruce Greenwood
Angela Green	Annabeth Gish
Bartender	Bruce Campbell

Review

A thriller done the good old-fashioned way by Australian Bruce Beresford (Don's Party, Driving Miss Daisy). Whether or not the 'good old-fashioned' tag makes the end result good or bad will depend on personal taste, but Double Jeopardy nevertheless makes it clear fairly early on that it's less concerned with motivation and authenticity than with the level of suspense. The film presents a clearly constructed plot and populates it with characters who consistently make choices for the purpose of the film's progression rather than for their own sake. If anything else, this lowers our expectations and sends a signal of a film that isn't too intellectually ambitious. It works quite well in terms of suspense, if you let it. Ashley Judd's performance is slight and listless, whereas Tommy Lee Jones provides a recognisable and comfortable equilibrium. An effectively saccharine payoff and a couple of Hitchcockesque segments at a cemetery stand out.