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Synopsis: Ray works for MI6, Claire for the CIA. She burns him in Dubai. Jump ahead five years: he sees her in Grand Central and confronts her. Both now work in industrial security for corporate giants whose CEOs hate each other. Flashbacks fill us in: is it coincidence that he sees her in Grand Central? In about a week, one of the firms is going to announce a revolutionary product. Under the guise of helping that corporation's rival, can Ray and Claire work their own theft and find an independent buyer? To work together, using the corporate rivalry to their advantage, they would have to trust one another - difficult, if not impossible. Or, is one playing the other?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Tony Gilroy
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2009
125 min
$40,559,930
818 Views


that you canceled my call;

That this was just some revenge

to get back at me for Dubai;

Then I'm thinking how terrible it is

that I think that way;

Then I realize we both think that way;

Then I'm thinking,

is that what makes this so worth it?

Is that it?

That I know you're thinking

exactly what I'm thinking?

Because then I'm thinking, do we both

think like that because of what we do?

Are we good at what we do

because we think like that?

Everybody thinks like that;

They just don't say it;

- Civilians don't think like that;

- Bullshit;

- Nobody trusts anybody; We just cop to it;

- Okay; So cop to it;

- Me? I think you better go first;

- Why? What am I hiding?

This wasn't an accident, was it?

Being here; Meeting like this;

You came looking for me, didn't you?

- You'd like that, wouldn't you?

- I'm right, though, aren't I?

Because you went looking for me, right?

But why? Just for this?

- Isn't that enough?

- Not for you;

What are we into, Claire?

Can you imagine living like this?

- How much fun we could have?

- Aren't we in enough trouble?

I mean, having the money;

- Keep going;

- How much do you think we'd need?

- $20 million?

- I was thinking 40;

So what do you have to do

to get $40 million?

Go private;

Be smart;

Get lucky;

How smart?

Smart enough to pick the right partner;

- Private, you mean; ; ;

- Corporate;

And lucky?

Be someplace when something's happening;

Be there first, hear it first;

- Something inside;

- Something big;

- But do it up right;

- Set it deep; Take your time;

Know your way out before you go in;

- You know what I think?

- I think you like the idea;

- I think you missed me;

- I think you canceled my call;

So, we're even;

DUKE:
Yeah, copy that;

Okay, so you hold tight;

No, we're just around the corner from you;

I'll be standing by;

- FETYOV:
He's moving?

- Yep;

So very simple, very basic, right?

The plan is good; It's up to him;

He's got a great reputation;

Look, Garsik says the sky is falling

in six days;

If you got a better idea, tell me now;

Right; So get to work;

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

- Oh, my gosh;

- (IN TENNESSEE ACCENT) Excuse me;

Look at this; I am so sorry;

Here I am, squeezing around,

making a complete pig of myself;

Look at this; Are you; ; ;

I'm fine; Really; It's nothing;

What was it before I got here?

Appletini;

Well, that sounds good; Was it good?

Yes, they're very good; They're great;

We'll have two of those, please;

You coming or going?

Well, I woke up in Knoxville,

I'm supposed to be sleeping in Belgium,

and here I am in New York

waiting for an Appleteen;

So, I guess I'm just not sure;

- My daddy was from Tennessee;

- You're kidding; Where?

- Western part of the state;

- Where?

Just a little town;

It was actually named after our family;

You're not gonna make me guess, are you?

(CHUCKLING)

Bofferd;

- Get out of here!

- What?

- Is this some kind of joke?

- No; Not at all;

I used to go fishing in Bofferd;

I grew up in Darnum, next county over;

Well, that's my name! Bofferd;

Barbara Bofferd; Here, look;

Have a look;

RAY:
Damn;

Well, it's nice to meet you, Barbara;

I'm Jimmy Tierney;

- You don't seem like a Jimmy;

- Well, actually it's James;

Well, actually, it's Dr; Tierney;

Would you excuse me?

Yeah, did you get them?

Nobody there can help me out?

What, and wait at the airport all night?

BARTENDER:
That's $26;

No, no, no, no, no, no; It's not your fault;

Okay, yeah; Thanks;

Travel problem?

Yep;

I'm a pediatric cardiologist;

We're opening a clinic in Ethiopia,

and my team's over there waiting for me;

I was supposed to fly to Brussels tonight

and then on to Nairobi

but my ticket got scrambled;

So, I got on a flight in the morning,

but now they're telling me

it's too late to get ticketed now,

so I'm gonna have to spend the night

at the airport

just to make sure I can get on the plane;

Now, all you need is a flight to Brussels

in the morning?

Honey, that's what I do for a living;

(CHUCKLES)

(SHUSHING)

We have to be quiet, okay?

(GIGGLES)

No peeking! You're peeking;

BARBARA:
(LAUGHING)

I can't believe I'm doing this;

DUKE:
Back up;

I want to see that one more time;

PAM:
Let's get it all in here;

PAM:
Passport or permit?

DUKE:
Right there! What does it say?

PAM:
Wait? Over here, or here?

Read this one;

DUKE:
What's that say?

I mean, why aren't we on three terminals?

- I don't understand why we only have two;

- PAM:
How many eyes do you have?

For Christ's sake, Duke!

- You're getting that to go, right?

- Why?

- Didn't you get the text?

- I don't know; I just stepped out;

- Did you read my memo last month?

- Which one?

Vulnerabilities at the travel office;

I don't remember;

See you upstairs;

DUKE:
Okay, so what are we looking at here?

Give me a ballpark figure;

- Around 10, 12 minutes;

- And then what, I get everything?

Six years of travel orders;

- Eight minutes; Eight minutes;

- Great;

PAM:
All right;

DUKE:
Super job, Ray;

Really; Outstanding;

(CLICKS TONGUE)

- Who is this guy?

- JEFF:
We're not sure;

NED:
(CHUCKLES) Jesus;

JEFF:
Is that the one

where they're on the desk?

Is he an Equikrom agent?

JEFF:
Yeah, if he is, he's new;

We don't have him logged;

We think they're running

some fresh players out there;

NED:
Wow; Get this woman over here;

I was thinking I should conduct

the interview at the travel office;

Rattle their cages; See if anybody; ; ;

No, I want her over here;

And don't tell her a damn thing;

- I was just thinking; ; ;

- And Claire's doing the interview;

- But, Ned, I wrote the memo;

- No;

I want her to talk to a woman;

PAM:
Okay, assumption A,

Burkett% Randle has a new product;

Assumption B,

they didn't develop it internally;

DUKE:
I agree;

PAM:
So, we took every company

B% R bought in the last 18 months;

They made 57 acquisitions;

We tossed out anything where the product

was known or already on the market;

- We ended up with; ; ;

- Twenty-eight, the 28 companies;

We can't dig deep on any of them;

We don't have time;

So we're scanning for patterns;

Last night, Dale ran a timeline,

and we found a day last March

when B% R bought seven companies

in one afternoon;

- Is that normal?

- No;

So they're hiding something;

- What are they hiding?

- I think it's Dunwoody, Georgia;

We just laid the travel office records

over our calendar;

You can't believe

the amount of traffic last summer

between New York City

and Dunwoody, Georgia;

Howard Tully made

at least six separate visits,

none of which were reported

in his official schedule;

So what the hell's down there?

Something called Formavale Labs;

I think we need to get the boys down there

right away;

(DOOR OPENING)

DUKE:
Where's he going?

It was the way, when he talked

about the children, you know;

Helping the little children

and mending their broken hearts;

(CRYING) And I know, I do,

how I should know better, and I'm not; ; ;

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Tony Gilroy

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Gilroy is an American screenwriter and filmmaker. He wrote the screenplays for the Bourne series starring Matt Damon, among other successful films, and directed the fourth film of the franchise. more…

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