Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

ClassyWas Excellent, smart action film.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Delight Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

jovana-13676 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.

talisencrw Sheer brilliance. Deep down, EVERYONE has a love/hate thing about identical twins. On the one side, they wish they had that kind of communion with someone, that sort of magical intimacy they share, having someone basically the exact same as themselves...yet that same one-of-a-kind companionship is scary as hell.I haven't seen, from my fellow Canadian, either 'Scanners' (1981) or 'Naked Lunch' (1991), so I can't honestly say whether or not my assertion can be thus extended, but I dare ANYONE to find in horror a finer run than Cronenberg had, in 'Videodrome', 'The Dead Zone', 'The Fly'...and this, 'Dead Ringers'.

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.

Uriah43 This movie is about two identical twins named "Elliott Mantle" and his brother "Beverly Mantle" (both played by Jeremy Irons) who have shared an interest in medicine all of their lives. But that's not all they share as the slightly older twin, Elliott, is less shy and typically initiates a sexual relationship with a woman and then when he gets tired of her passes her off to Beverly who takes it from there. Although this has worked like a charm for years, one day Elliott just so happens to hand a woman named "Claire Niveau" (Genevieve Bujold) to Beverly who then falls deeply in love with her. To make matters worse, when Claire finds out what has happened she gets angry with both brothers which throws Beverly into an emotional tailspin that results in dramatic consequences for everyone involved. Now from what I understand this movie has apparently garnered both critical and popular approval. That's fine. However, rather than following the proverbial crowd I happen to demur from the overall consensus as I found this movie to be a bit too dark and dreary for my tastes. Admittedly, Jeremy Irons performed in an excellent manner and he deserves whatever praise is offered. But even so I still thought the movie was too slow and boring and as a result I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.