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The Double|Alexander Dore

The Double

Alexander Dore and Gert Frobe
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Overview

Richard Ayoade's stylized adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella THE DOUBLE stars Jesse Eisenberg as Simon James, a meek office drone who bumbles his way through his day, forever pining for a pretty girl (Mia Wasikowska) who lives near him and working hard for a boss (Wallace Shawn) who doesn't see any of his accomplishments. One day Simon discovers that he has a new co-worker, James Simon (also Eisenberg), who looks just like him and possesses all of the confidence and charisma that Simon lacks. Simon befriends this new person, and soon the put-upon man is asserting himself. However, he begins to fear he's becoming just another pawn in James' relentless self-interests. THE DOUBLE screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Richard Ayoade - Director
Alexander Dore
Jesse Eisenberg
Gert Frobe
Mia Wasikowska
Adrian Hall
Wallace Shawn
Robert Helpmann
Yasmin Paige
Benny Hill
Noah Taylor

Details

    Blu-Ray Disc Format
  • Format: Blu-ray
  • UPC: 876964007047
  • Genre: MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: August 2014

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
3 stars out of 5 -- "[F]unny, strange and beautifully put together." - 03/31/2014 Total Film


4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t has enough individuality, imagination and idiosyncratic invention to identify it as a true original." - 03/28/2014 Empire


"Mr. Ayoade's new film, adapted from Dostoyevsky's novella THE DOUBLE is at least as startling as SUBMARINE in its visual design, eerie environments and unusual premise." - 05/08/2014 Wall Street Journal


3 stars out of 4 -- "[P]aying homage to the likes of BRAZIL, Orson Welles' THE TRIAL and ERASERHEAD within its first five minutes, THE DOUBLE insists upon its bona fides with a will and makes you like it." - 05/09/2014 Roger Ebert


"In THE DOUBLE, Richard Ayoade’s energetically stylized adaptation of a Dostoyevsky novella, Jesse Eisenberg plays Simon James, a man so unassuming that he barely exists." - 05/09/2014 New York Times


"The second feature directed by Richard Ayoade is a dark and surreal comedy-thriller that takes a dizzying jaunt through cinematic and literary allusion, parody and paranoia." - 05/07/2014 Film Comment

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