jwiley-86292 The more I think about this film, the more fond I am of it. Much like Closet Land, it sounds more like something I'd wish would be made rather than a real film. If you're content to stare at Jeremy Irons' face for two hours, this is for you. The characters of the twins are juicy indeed: Beverly is the woobie you could take home to mother, while Elliott is. . . Patrick Bateman. Dead Ringers kept reminding me of American Psycho, which is a compliment, as I love that film too. From the artificial late-eighties production design to Elliott's haircut, I wouldn't be surprised if this film informed many of the artistic decisions for American Psycho.Irons should have received his Oscar for this. The clear distinctiveness of each twin is downright eerie, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out how they made both of him appear on screen simultaneously. I have to give props to anyone who pulls off effects that look real. One review on this page postulates that Dead Ringers is hard for women to watch because of the mysterious mutilating devices. I can testify that I, at least, wasn't off-put except when one of the twins (you're not sure who is who at that point) mutilates the other. You'll better understand what Cronenberg is going for if you know it's supposed to be a horror movie. There is still definite eroticism throughout, at least in my opinion. Sick depraved things are often erotic. The weak link is the character of Claire, whose delivery I thought was too brusque and bleak. But I am very happy to have discovered this film. It is not for everyone, though.

Alyssa Black (Aly200) From body horror master David Cronenberg comes this eerie tale of twin brothers who work as gynecologists and share women. When one patient begins a relationship with one of the brothers, the downward spiral of twins Eliot and Beverly takes us down the rabbit hole along with them.This film owes the majority of its intrigue to the dual performance of Jeremy Irons as Eliot and Beverly Mantle. Irons' take on the twins as complete opposites is beyond breathtaking; Eliot is confident, a player and arrogant while Beverly is shy, passive and a pawn for his brother. We are as seduced by the brothers as Genevieve Bujold's Claire is due to the confusion of which twin Jeremy Irons is playing at the exact moment. I even lost track of which twin was on camera when Irons appears alone.The catalyst for the film's tragic story is the reserved portrayal of Claire by the lovely Genevieve Bujold. At the film's start she is simply a patient of the twins who comes for a medical concern. However when she is seduced by the charming Eliot and passed onto the passive Beverly, the spiral is set for tragedy as she and Beverly grow closer. Claire is no fool when she confronts the twins to find out which one has just been using her and which brother she actually care for. But when her hidden drug habit is revealed to Beverly, the point of no return is reached as she pulls Beverly into the web of addiction. The body horror is more psychological in this film than Cronenberg's usual body of work. He relies more on fooling the viewer with the Mantle twins's deception of swapping places and when Beverly becomes a drug addict, his hallucinatory state provides the horror of a disturbed mind. The narrative ultimately ends in one of the more disturbing death scenes in Cronenberg's films, tugging a little at the heartstrings of more sentimental viewers. An unhappy conclusion is guaranteed for a Cronenberg film.

capone666 Dead RingersThe easiest way to tell twins apart is to horribly scar one of them across the cheek.And while incisions are central to this psychological thriller, professional doctors perform them all.Twin Torontonian gynecologists, Beverly and Elliot Mantle (Jeremy Irons), have made a name for themselves fixing female fertility problems.When an infertile and drug-addled actress, Claire (Geneviève Bujold) asks for their assistance, Elliot encourages his reserved brother to seduce her.But their relationship is jeopardized when she learns that Elliot has been impersonating his brother to have sex with her.Meanwhile, Beverly has sunk into a delusional world where he is haunted by disfigured female organs.Adapted from the book by Canadian director David Cronenberg, Dead Ringers delivers two outstanding performances from Irons, along with eerie imagery and an enigmatic ending that will leave heads scratching.Unfortunately, identical twin gynecologists mean you're gonna have four hands up your vagina.Green Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

orza1995 Set in Toronto 1988 Siamese twin the extrovert Elliot and the introvert Beverly (both played by the brilliant Jeremy Irons) are brilliant gynaecologist. Throughout out there lives the twins have shard homes, jobs and due to the identical physical appearances women. After a short relationship that includes the twins engaging in sado erotic sex with an actress named Claire (Geneviève Bujold). After a short time she discovers that they are two different people. Beverly soon fall in love with her, and after discovering Claire has a deformed womb and is infertile. She leaves for a new film and the twins believe she is sleeping with someone ells, this is the key to the once collated Beverly to fall into a spiral of depression, drugs and a strange belief that all women he sees have deformed wombs.The very opining sequences of the film highlight exactly the films subject matter is, which is sex the cold observation on the life cycle of the human race. This is recognised through the central performances by Jeremy Irons playing the two twins is titanic and operatic, every nuance he places into each twin is impeccable. This role however does have a tendency to ought-way the role of Geneviève Bujold, which in some respects reinforces how fragile her character is at heart. In terms of personal development for director Cronenberg, up to this point Dead Ringers was his most mature film. This is because in previous films such as Scanners, his subtext was directly translated throughout the gore, however Dead Ringers proves to be a more metaphysical representation of themes commonly found in Cronenberg work (such as sex, life, death and flesh). Where the threat of danger and themes are only hinted at. One example is the strange homo-erotic relation that the two twins have. Other examples are all the hinted terrors the film, and the underlining feeling that some thing bad will happen very soon. Over this part of the film may bring a negative element to the film ,where some of the pacing is slow and uneventful, this however works in the films favourer, for the final fifteen minutes are not only painful to watch but are sole destroying. The film has had an obvious influences to Takashi Miike Audition, in respects to the grime ending and all the way to Pascal Laugier Martyrs that has the same clinical view on life. Overall the film is a ner-perfict, with and this proving the be the most mature peace that director David Cronenberg had made at the time. However the minimalist approach to big themes may give people a empty feeling.