Plot
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 7.8/10 (734 voted)
Critic's Score: 72/100
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon
Storyline
A man seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting him in a movie.
Writers: Javier Gullón, José Saramago
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal -
Adam + Anthony
Mélanie Laurent -
Mary
Sarah Gadon -
Helen
Isabella Rossellini -
Mother
Joshua Peace -
Teacher at School
Tim Post -
Anthony's Concierge
Kedar Brown -
Security Guard
Darryl Dinn -
Video Store Clerk
Misha Highstead -
Lady in the Dark Room
Megan Mann -
Lady in the Dark Room
Alexis Uiga -
Lady in the Dark Room
Denis Villeneuve, whose last two films were the hugely impressive
Incendies and Prisoners, has concocted a real oddity here. If you can
imagine David Lynch adapting a Kafka novel, then you will be in the
right neighborhood! In Incendies and Prisoners,Villeneuve inserted
serious moral and social issues in the context of first rate thrillers'
Here he follows the same tradition but the tone is more abstract and
absurd. Neverherless, Enemy, adapted from a novel by the Nobel prize
winner Jose Saramago, is always gripping and totally fascinating. A man
(Jake Gyllenhaal) gets a recommendation from a colleague to watch a
particular video. The main actor in the video appears to be his
doppelgänger and the two agree to meet. To reveal any more would lessen
the enjoyment of this highly original film. Well worth catching.
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