The Double

This movie is a bit slow, and can speed it up a bit. The lighting is very dark and which makes the movie more groomy. A shy guy has an eye on a girl who lives across in the other building and works at the same place as he does. Then his Look-a-like shows up at his job... his complete opposite... everything that he's not. At the end, they are actually the same person? I ended the movie with, I just wasted time... but then, as I thought more about it and read some reviews, I came to the purpose of this storyline is likely to be... whoever we are today, what if we have a double that is everything that we are not. We all should explore our double, and identify the things that are good, and implement them to change the things we don't like about ourselves today. It is actually an easier approach than to be honest and look within ourselves for area of improvements. Results can be the same if we put effort into making ourselves better. Some people might find one approach (looking within ourselves) easier than the other approach (looking at our double, our complete opposite) and identify the things that we like and implement them. This movie is definitely not for everyone. I was watching the movie as it was telling me, and I didn't really get it because how can 2 people, one a double, exist at the same time. The ending shows that they can't, and there is where it got me lost. Reading some of the reviews really help me explore beyond the storyline. If everyone was to assess what they don't like about themselves, and change it to make themselves a better person, the world would be a better place.

My rating is more of a 4.5.Thank you for reading in advance!The Double is a 2013 British black comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. The film is based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is about a man driven to breakdown when he is usurped by a doppelgänger. The film was produced by Alcove Entertainment, with Michael Caine, Graeme Cox (Attercop), Tessa Ross (Film4) and Nigel Williams as executive producers!First of all, I was blown away after watching this and being a witness to the actual range that Jesse Eisenberg has as an actor. All too often he is seen in films where he is typecasted as nothing much more than a smartass that relishes in the opportunity to make other people feel stupid whenever possible. ‘The Double’, however, is an exemplary presentation and exploration of the duality of man and the complicated nature associated with merely existing. On one hand Eisenberg lacks confidence in himself and accepts the world around him as inevitable circumstances and very seldomly actively tries to make significant changes in his life. On the other hand, Eisenberg has the ability to be equal parts methodical and nefarious. I have to be honest - at times I even felt myself being kind of creeped out by him and I never thought I would be using those words to describe a performance put on by Eisenberg: and what a pleasant surprise that ended up being!‘The Double’ Makes genuine efforts to confuse its audience, but this isn't done in a way that can be perceived as pretentious; Moreover, elements that are not easily understood are included in a way that engages its viewers to think more deeply about the subject matter contained. It is not enough to ask what films like this are about, because the perception people have about the main character's experience is dependent on some amount of real life experience and openly welcomed projection. Is there a medical condition to blame for Simon's condition? Is this one character’s attempt to reconcile their experience with the world with their expectations of what they should be? Is Simon projecting thoughts related to his own self-worth on to empty space and being forced to witness the consequences of doing so? I guess my point here is - I don't really know what the directors’ intentions were, but when I'm being given the freedom to introspect to the level this movie encourages I don't necessarily think it's a bad thing. No doubt about it: this film is simply made for people that like ruminating about the intangible influences that may be present in a person’s life at any given moment.As mentioned above, this film is influenced by a novel by the same name. I don't find myself saying this often, but this might be one of those rare occasions where the movie is actually better than the book. The novel avoids embracing ambiguity to the level that this film does and offers rather blunt explanations for why this doppelganger exists in the first place (spoiler alert - the appearance of the doppelganger occurs soon after Simon is told to seek out “cheerful company” as a deterrence to anti-social behavior that could be considered “dangerous”). While this amount of insight may be considerably helpful, it's fair to say that this would not have transferred well into a story that is digested on a screen (with real people!) as opposed to one people are usually expecting to “animate” on their own as the plot line develops. I will admit that the romantic subplot is lacking in some totality of depth that we might expect, but this is an easy and fair way of introducing contention in the relationship between Simon and James that doesn't become ultimately cumbersome or seem brazenlyUnnecessary.The Double’ isn’t just an artistic representation of Dostoyevsky’s own work: It’s an objectively clever one.This was so much better than I expected -I would (Highly) recommend!

It's Just Like Fight Club, except no one gets punched in the face. And that's a shame because there are two Jesse Eisenberg's in this movie and one clearly has a punchable face. I'll mention that it's based on a Dostoevsky story so I'll sound like I'm smart, but I'm pretty sure Dostoevsky didn't describe the protaganist as having "punchable face", but he was certainly trying to convey that concept.In this story, the Jesse with punchable face can't figure out why the guy who looks exactly like him, doesn't. He ends up getting a wedgie from himself.

The acting was good and the dialogue was delivered is a quirky way which added some interest. The messages in the film were relevant and obvious. The end was pretty good but the movie felt like it moved at a snail’s pace.

Using the Doppelgänger device, this film takes us on a Kafka-inspired journey through the life of a man who struggles with his identity in the face of dehumanizing forces. Lighting and set design were good, and most anything Jesse Eisenberg does is watchable, but overall the story seemed to be little more than a Twilight Zone episode told with a David Lynch style.

Film étrange...comme je les aime !Je n'ai pas été déçue.De plus, la commande est arrivée dans les délais et en bon état.Ingrid