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Directed by | Neil Marshall |
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Cinematography | Simon Rowling |
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Music by | Paul Lawler |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | $43,355 [1] |
Duchess is a 2024 British crime film directed by Neil Marshall. It is a revenge action thriller, featuring a female protagonist portrayed by Charlotte Kirk. The film received both a limited box office release, and generally poor critical reception.
Scarlett is a low-level thief who, while working as a pickpocket in a nightclub, falls for the suave Rob. Rob, it turns out, is a diamond smuggler working with Danny and Baraka, selling a massive diamond to queen-fence Charlie. Following Rob's death at the hands of his fellow smugglers, Scarlett becomes known as "Duchess", intent on a bloody revenge.
Duchess had a limited release to theatres in August 2024, achieving a box office total of $43,355. It was released to video the same month. [1]
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Metacritic | 22/100 [2] |
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The film holds a Metacritic score of 22 denoting reviews as "Generally Unfavorable". [2] The aggregator later listed it as the third worst reviewed movie of 2024. [7]
In a two-star review for the Guardian, critic Leslie Felperin stated that Kirk looks good in Lycra but the movie is "tired" and does not engage the audience. [3] Brian Tallerico for RogerEbert.com slated the movie, stating not only is it "overlong" but it feels "twice as long" again. [4]
Although featuring a female protagonist in the lead role, a review in Screen Rant stated the film "fails to subvert sexist tropes", with its gender politics being less progressive than movies from 30-40 years previously. [6]