A vaguely satirical take on fyodor dostoyevskys dense novella the double, ayoades film of the same name delights in waving its quirky existential bits in your face whilst recounting the story of a socially. If you havent watched it yet, make a note in your agenda. A halfhour into the movie, after some coy flashbacks that place shepherdson. The double hour is a tremendously entertaining take on film noir, with all the usual elements of the genre in play crime, death, possibly murder and doomed romance. The film reminded me of movies like salt, no way out, insomnia. Two fbi agents are conducting surveillance at a warehouse. One of the cassius seven group killed his wife and child so he went about murdering to get revenge and basically stayed in the us as an agent investigating the cassius. One of the cassius seven group killed his wife and child so he. With jesse eisenberg, mia wasikowska, wallace shawn, noah taylor.
Movie plot ending explained another earth is an interesting film where earth is suddenly in the vicinity of another earth. With richard gere, topher grace, martin sheen, tamer hassan. The double, is a taut spythriller with echoes of the cold war and the day of the jackal. In his first book, 11 points guide to hooking up, comedy writer. As the double progresses, however, it becomes increasingly less funny, not to mention ever more difficult to tell. Both movies were extremely entertaining and very different in spite of the premise. Review the double is a terribly derivative cia thriller, but. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including in time, puss in boots and the rum diary. Everything you need to know about the double movie 2011.
The double feature, also known as a double bill, was a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatre managers would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown. He lists six reasons why 2011 wasnt a huge year compared to 2010. The end of the film is waited for with baited breath so to find out what will become of this double and for an explanation, an explanation which is never really given. Guido, a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speeddating scene in turin. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Only watch this if you have seen the movie at least once and had trouble understanding. Someone had enough faith in this film to release it to theatres in 2011, albeit limited, and someone further believed in it enough to market it hard on dvd. Ending spoiler for body double 1984, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Although a lot younger astresses could envy her hot body measurements, she decided to use body double for movie the changeup in 2011. In the double, the mysterious murder of a us senator bearing the distinctive trademark of the legendary soviet assassin cassius, forces paul shepherdson r. Take a doubleshot of something, anything to get through the. The double is a visually exquisite piece of work which is consistently intriguing, suspenseful and captivating.
Richard gere, right, and topher grace in the thriller the double. It takes the double less than half an hour to reveal who the double is. None of this is ever explained, but sheperdsons old boss at the c. My main question is who is james and does he really exist. The almost noirish use of reflections is a rather obvious motif in richard ayoades second feature following the idiosyncratic teen angst musings of his sophomore hit submarine.
The story revolves around the lives of two people rhoda played by a pretty brit marling a young girl whos received an admit to mit and john william mapother, from lost who has been in an. Review the double is a terribly derivative cia thriller, but richard gere nearly makes it work. A clerk in a government agency finds his unenviable life takes a turn for the horrific with the arrival of a new coworker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite confident, charismatic and seductive with women. I feel like the movie is about a line of people who are called cassius and kill the same way. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The double is a 2011 american spy film, directed by michael brandt and starring richard gere and topher grace. Ive read the plot in imdb and wikipedia too, but i dont get it. What i think that happened is that paul was originally cassius but then somehow it got passed down to gere. Double association football, the act of a winning a division and primary cup competition in the same season double baseball, a twobase hit in baseball the double seattle mariners, a specific instance of the above that occurred during the 1995 major league baseball season double cricket, the feat of scoring a thousand firstclass runs and taking a hundred firstclass wickets in. Leslie mann has amazing slim body, especially when you consider, shes over forty now. In general, leslie never had problem with very daring film scenes, to big.
The film garnered a negative reception from critics. When a united states senator is brutally murdered, the evidence points to a soviet assassin codenamed cassius, who was longthought to be dead. Rains that are almost biblical, heat waves that dont end, tornadoes that strike in savage swarmstheres been a change in the weather lately. A retired cia operative is paired with a young fbi agent to unravel the mystery of a senators murder, with all signs pointing to a soviet assassin. Like a stripper who gets naked too quickly, the lukewarm spy thriller the double lays out its big plot twist early in the movie and soon finds, shivering, that it has nowhere else to go. The double is at least half a grown up story, or tried its very best to be. I saw the movie the double this morning, a very strange movie. Remember the jackal starring bruce willis and richard gere. Most of the time were waiting for the other shoe to drop.
After the first ending, which i thought capped off a mediocre movie adequately enough even though the twist was bland and we saw it coming from about 3545 minutes away, we had another ending thrust upon us. Religiously confused father of modern philosophy rene descartes coined the phrase, i think therefore i am, only for plucky upstarts like foppish existentialist soren kierkegaard to retort years later with something along the lines of i am therefore i. This study guide consists of approximately 28 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the double. United states october 28, 2011 limited canada october 28, 2011. In the last years, ive hardly watched a handful of films, but one recommended by a fiveyearold girl ive watched several times. This is one of those rare cases, where the trailer spoils the movie, revealing major plot twists in it. Thats if youre lucky enough to avoid the movies trailer, which just. Once this bit of bogus suspense is cleared up, the double becomes a tedious, impenetrable catandmouse game involving russian double and triple agents. The double hour 2011 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Alan orange aug 31, 2011 richard gere and topher grace team up to solve the murder of a us senator in michael brandts thriller, in theaters this september.
The movie never persuades us that it understands her. Im talking about spirited away, an animated movie from the japanese director miyazaki. The film stars saoirse ronan as the title character, a girl raised in the wilderness of northern finland by her father, an excia operative, who trains her as an assassin. Much like the spinning top at the end of inception, we think his unblinking eyes mean hes dead, but right before it cuts to. The ending of both movies were spectacular, and i loved the overstylized time period of the double and the hyper realization of enemy. A us senators just been murdered, and it bears the marks of a soviet assassin, whos longthought to be dead. It also features roma and rima kallingal in cameo roles, and music by james vasanthan.
Senator dennis darden ed kelly walks out of the door, he. Doubles is a 2011 malayalam action dramedy film directed by debutant sohan seenulal and written by the sachisethu duo. But, much to his surprise, he meets slovenian immigrant sonia, a chambermaid at a. Roger ebert explains why 2011 wasnt a big year for the movies. A separation is a portrait of a fractured relationship and an examination of theocracy, domestic rule and the politics of sex and class and it reveals a terrible, pervasive sadness that seems. Rent the double 2011 starring richard gere and topher grace on dvd and bluray. After watching it, i went to read about it and came across a question from someone on stack exchange movies. Rent the double 2011 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Heres the explanation to the plot and ending of the movie cam. Technology keeps people connected in fantastic new ways but also introduces troublesome gray areas when it comes to communication.
The double is a novella written by the russian writer fyodor dostoevsky. A retired cia operative is paired with a young fbi agent to hopefully solve the case of a serial killer whose style of killings point to a soviet operative long thought dead. The double 2011 paul shepherdson richard gere is cassius. Cate blanchett portrays a senior cia agent who tries to track down and eliminate the girl and her father. The opening scenes of the movie a group of illegal immigrants apparently attempting to cross into the us from mexico are a bit disorienting. The worst part of the whole affair was the endings. The double was released in 2011 on friday, october 28, 2011 in limited movie theaters. There were times early in the devils double that i felt it was preparing to approach greatness.
Its not easy to speak about the plot without pooping the film s surprises but lets just say that everythings different from what it appears and no one is who he seems to be thats where the film s title comes from. His explanation for 2011s decline in ticket sales at the movie theatre is well worth the read. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the double 2011 near you. Well,the double follows along simalar lines to that so if you liked the jackal, you should like the double. Its exact double will be released in the us for a limited theatrical run on 9th may. It stars mammootty, nadia moidu and taapsee pannu in the lead roles, and saiju kurup, anoop chandran, bijukuttan, suraj venjaramoodu, anandaraj, suresh and avinash in other roles. They dont seem to fit with what you expect the movie to be about i even questioned briefly to myself whether the video store had accidentally packed the wrong movie into the case. It has the makings a wonderfully unique and quirky comedic thriller. This article is intended to help you get the most enjoyment out of watching it. Hanna is a 2011 americangerman action thriller film directed by joe wright. So i started out writing my thoughts about whether or not james was real, as well as an idea i had about what was going on in the movie. A short, cut to the chase, description and spoiler for the movie the double.
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