This
film is adapted from a novel, The Double written by Portuguese author Jose
Saramago and published in 2004. Adam Bell lives in Toronto and he is a college
professor teaching History. He’s
quiet, serious, a casual dresser and stuck in his routines. Mary is his girlfriend and she lives
with him. Adam is watching a
rental movie and he spots an actor in a small role that looks just like
him. This isn’t a looks somewhat
like Adam discovery but they look exactly alike? Adam rents more of the movies with this actor to make sure
he’s not just seeing things. He is
a double and Adam feels he must find out more about this actor. He finds out he also lives in Toronto
and his movie name is Daniel Satin Claire but his real name is Anthony
Claire. He has a wife named Helen
and she is six months pregnant.
Adam and Anthony meet face-to-face and they discover everything about
them is the same, their hands, faces and a scar on their chests.
There are scenes that stretch for a long time with not much happening. Everything seems to be in brown tones
especially with Adam and his life.
These details are supposed to draw you into the mystery of the two
identical men. There isn’t much
mystery here and there is not much interesting either. A film of 60 minutes stretched out to
90 minutes and not a satisfying story or resolution. 2* (I didn’t like this movie)
90
min, Mystery directed by Denis Villeneuve with Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie
Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini, Joshua Peace, Tim Post, Kedar Brown.
Note: Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 73% critic 59%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 2 ½*.
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