I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Double Jeopardy doesn't exactly work as it's portrayed in this movie, but it's still a terrific film. Imagine The Fugitive (with Tommy Lee Jones in both films as the pursuer!) with a woman in the title role. Ashley Judd is framed for her husband's murder and sentenced to prison. While there, she learns through clever detective work that her husband is still alive, learns about double jeopardy, gets paroled, and starts tracking down for "revenge."The action is tense and exciting and the story is terrific, and all the stars have good chemistry. Judd's performance really carries it.*** out of ****

(Originally reviewed: 12/01/2017) Ashley Judd stars in an at times unbelievable yet entertaining little thriller. This is the first time I have seen her in a lead role and I must say she handle's herself pretty well. Tommy Lee Jones is of course also in this picture, nobody knows this kind of role quite like him, he plays a similar role to the one he played in films like The Fugitive and U.S Marshals, only this time he's not in charge of the investigation. The rest of the cast do their parts quite well too, even her husband (Bruce Greenwood) who may come off as a prize jerk. The story may not be original as we have all seen many thrillers where someone is wrongly accused and goes to prison and then wants his or her revenge, but it all depends on its entertainment value, it's quality or if the acting is good, and here it's fairly good and rather entertaining. There a few noticeable flaws however, such as its lack of originality, the usual predictable clichés and ridiculous twists that I for one couldn't really shout genius at, with the exception of one rather decent one towards the end involving an exchange sequence. Also most of us have gathered that you should not turn your back after you have just blackmailed someone for a lot of money, there hardly going to be fine with it. Overall though, I enjoyed Double Jeopardy, it's fairly well crafted and well aware of its purpose; on this note it succeeds.

Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd team up in a story where happily married Libby Parsons (Judd) finds her financial-troubled husband Nick (Bruce Greenwood) missing. An investigation leads to the conviction of Libby for murdering Nick to obtain the insurance policy he had. While in prison, Libby learns Nick is still alive and had framed her. Therefore, after being paroled she escapes probation officer Travis (Tommy Lee Jones) to look for Nick, with Travis hot on her trail.This movie combines the tension of Judd's "Kiss The Girls" and Jones' "The Fugitive" to provide a movie that is double the mystery and suspense, captivating an audience and keeping the movie's momentum strong. The tension builds in one scene after the other to its action-packed climax, from the moment Libby finds her husband missing to her struggling to cope in prison, and to her avoiding her probation officer to her attempting to track down her husband.Movie may be a little predictable, and some of the plot elements are the same as the TV movie "Bitter Vengeance," which stars Bruce Greenwood playing a character that also escapes, fakes his murder, and frames his wife. But overall, this is another nice popcorn movie for a night.Grade B-

Really enjoyed this crime thriller. It's a manhunt movie pure and simple - a criminally betrayed wife is wrongly locked up for the murder of her (still alive) husband, and on her release from prison single-mindedly seeks to find and punish him and recover her son.Ashley Judd puts in a solid performance as the ice-cold mother, and Tommy Lee Jones likewise as the parole officer who helps her out. The best performance however comes from Bruce Greenwood, who is excellent as the wealthy but evil and ruthless husband. Unfortunately he only appears in the movie for short intervals.This movie isn't incredibly original, and there aren't too many twists and turns in the storyline, but it's exciting, pacy and easy to watch. I enjoyed it.