I have an undying love for the color red, doppelgangers and surgical instruments. And for Jeremy Irons. I've always thought highly of his acting skills. Here he plays not one, but two complex characters. This body horror explores male deepest fears of the Monstrous Feminine or Vagina Dentata. Genevieve Bujold, of course, has a hard time dating him/them. Don't expect things to go back to normal.

I have seen some creepy movies in my life but this gave me goosebumps. Two brothers, looking alike, acting alike and living their life in a pattern, which is off course alike. Dead ringers deals with the effect these twin brothers had on each other's life. It surely is a nice movie to a point, not a very entertaining though. We can say that a good story and acting almost covers for the entertainment factor also. Jeremy Irons has done a great job as both Beverly and Elliot. Dead ringers is a watchable movie, if you do not get frightened by new concepts which are little different and deals with characters who are not your typical nice guy, good girl type but have very dark, sinister secrets.

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

Dead Ringers is directed by David Cronenberg who also co-adapts the screenplay with Norman Snider from the book "Twins" written by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland. It stars Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bujold. Music is by Howard Shore and cinematography by Peter Suschitzky.Identical twin gynaecologists Beverly and Elliott Mantle (Irons) run a high end fertility clinic in the city. Both in tune with each in spite of being different personalities, their world starts to fold inwards when Beverly falls in love with drug dependent actress Claire Niveau (Bujold).Inspired by the real life story of gynaecologist twins Cyril and Steve Marcus (who were both found dead from suicide brought about by drug addiction), Dead Ringers is an amalgamation of unsettling horror and icy cold playfulness; in other words a perfect canvas for auteur Cronenberg to paint some of his peccadilloes. Cronenberg doesn't need to be gory, gimmicky or schlocky, he instead utilises the characters on the page to spin a clinical character study. Themes pulsing throughout involve individuality, identity, misogyny, narcissism, eroticism and addiction, all played out in the mystical world of surgery and in-human metaphysics. The tempo never rises above a steady heart beat, rumbling along ominously, until we enter the home straight and the director delivers a devastating yet deeply moving conclusion.Backed by a stunning dual performance from Irons, and a ballsy one from Bujold, Dead Ringers is a film of genuine greatness and a piece of work that's alive with smart ideas. 8.5/10