Black Bag

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BLACK BAG is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.

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Sleek in design and spiked with dry wit, Black Bag is an exemplary espionage caper that lets movie stars like Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender do what they do best -- light up the screen.

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Amy Nicholson

Los Angeles Times

Spy games are merely a bit of lingerie tarting up a story about trust. Call it “sex, lies & videotape & guns” — and a sign that Soderbergh doesn’t have faith in today’s audiences to be interested in that kind of thing unless someone might get shot

Mar 14, 2025

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

Sleek, witty and lean to the bone, a fizzy, engaging puzzler about beautiful spies doing the sort of extraordinary things that the rest of us only read about in novels and — if we’re lucky — watch onscreen.

Mar 13, 2025

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

This is a movie made by and starring artists who clearly love the genre, and aside from the technology, one could see this playing in theaters and pleasing crowds in the 1970s.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 13, 2025

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Simon Miraudo

Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1)

A sleek, sinewy and very sensual thriller that has a lot of fun playing psychosexual games with its stars, and us too.

Rated: 4.5/5

Mar 14, 2025

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Pat Mullen

That Shelf

It’s a smart caper that feels refreshingly old-fashioned, yet decidedly contemporary with its take on the value of emotional intelligence.

Mar 14, 2025

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Patrick McDonald

WBGR-FM (93.7 FM - Monroe, WI)

Not a casual watch if you're gonna figure out who's zooming who, but writer Koepp and dir Soderbergh create a zone of classic spy games, & the stellar cast does the rest ... esp the always exotic Fassbender and Blanchett. Like heaven above me, the spy ...

Rated: 4/5

Mar 14, 2025

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Russ

A masterpiece! Don’t miss it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Jason B

A bit slow and cerebral (think Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) but with a more relationship vibe. Probably not a great date movie, unless your partner is into that kind of film. The trailer misrepresents the film, but I can forgive it because at least it doesn’t spoil all the twists.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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TomNSal

I like both Cate Balnchett & Michael Fassbender, but this movie was beneath both of them. I wouldn't recommend it.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Diana F

Slow, convulted plot, hard to understand.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Jason

Yawn!!!! Very boring movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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arteach13

Great spy movie. Shows great background on how this couple works through intrigue and intelligence to solve their cases. However, if yours looking for action, theres very little here.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/14/25

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Synopsis

BLACK BAG is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse and his beloved wife Kathryn. When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: Casey Silver, Gregory Jacobs
Screenwriter: David Koepp
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Casey Silver Productions
Rating: R (Some Violence|Some Sexual References|Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2025, Wide
Runtime: 1h 33m