Dead Ringers
Synopsis
Twin gynaecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
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Awards & Festivals
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1988 | Winner: Best Actor
1988 | 3rd place: Best Film
Possibly his most exquisitely balanced film. It’s the place to start for a novice, containing all of his most cherished themes. The preoccupation with biology, most particularly the shape and function of body cavities; the examination of the way personal identity can be permeable; the meticulous exploration of the ways substances alter perception.
Rob Christopher
March 30, 2018
With Dead Ringers, Cronenberg broke from his already trademark brand of stretchy, gooey, practical effects–aided body horror, opting instead for a more clinical approach (though he couldn’t resist a dream sequence in which Claire bites into a fleshy, pulpy web conjoining the twins). Cronenberg exposes us to each incident as though we, too, are collecting data, privileging us to an uncomfortable level of character detail.
Chloe Lizotte
October 28, 2017
The gentleness of Cronenberg’s direction subtly offsets the torrential psychological damage done by his twin sexual psychopaths. Family here is like poison, slowly released into the bloodstream.
Scout Tafoya
May 04, 2016
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