Look this is a fine film, it moves quick and is well plotted, but it was predictable. I have seen it's type before, where someone really faked their death and of course someone innocent is accused of the crime. I was once told by Roger Zelzany that there are no new stories the only thing new was the way you told them. That is the case with DOUBLE JEOPARDY. Libby Parsons and her husband seemed in love, but then he disappears in the middle of a lake. The boat is covered in blood and the only other person on board is Libby, played by Ashley judd. She is framed for the murder and and goers to prison. She entrusts her son to her best friend but then she disappears. Libby eventually tracks her down only to hear her son on the phone say "Daddy". She survives in prison with one burning desire and that is to find her son and prove that her husband is not dead. She is told by an ex-lawyer inmate (okay stop snickering...we know they all belong there...until you need of course) that double jeopardy allows her to kill her husband since she can not be convicted of the same crime twice. She works hard and gets parole. Her parole officer is the hard case, Travis Lehman, played by Tommy Lee Jones. She promptly becomes a major problem for him as she goes about trying to find her family and regain her life. Anyone in her way be damned. Can she turn Travis to her side??? Well go see the movie, I can't tell you the whole story. Worthwhile seeing once but don't expect it to become a classic or and Academy Award(c) winner. 'Nuff said Oh yeah there is one really good scene in this movie in a cemetary, that should freak you out. It is worth the price of admission. |
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Spencer Treat Clark Directed by Bruce Beresford Written by Robert Benton Produced by Leonard Goldberg Distributed by Paramount Pictures Rating USA... R for language, a scene of sexuality and some violence Rating Canada... AA for language, a scene of sexuality and some violence Read Another Review Of This Film Read Still Another Review Of This Film |
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