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Overall Rank: 1828

Average Rating: 2.9/4

# of Ratings: 76

Theatrical Release Date: 09/23/1988

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Thriller

MPAA Rating: R

Director: David Cronenberg

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske, Barbara Gordon, Shirley Douglas, Stephen Lack

Plot: Twin gynecologists, Elliot and Beverly Mantl, can't help spiraling into madness and addiction when they meet a pill-popping actress who hopes to have children.

Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 04/01/2023

Discomforting doesn't begin to describe "Dead Ringers," a movie from the dankest, darkest depths of the wicked mind of the one and only David Cronenberg.

Unknown - wrote on 05/26/2014

Subtle, very eerie examination of the mental deterioration between identical twins. Two brilliant minds become strained through questionable medical studies, female relationships, and drug use. The whole conceit is that both start out as bipolar personalities and eventually become part of one whole. They find that neither cannot live without the other. The finale brings about this point in an emotional, somewhat confounding manner that left me a bit cold. There's a constant uneasy mood with a depressing undertone present. Jeremy Irons gives an understated, completely engrossing performance as both twin brothers. That alone is worth the watch.

mitchellyoung - wrote on 12/29/2011

Dead Ringers is one of Cronenberg's more linear films - a psychological thriller that pits two twin gynecologists against each other. Jeremy Irons gives a haunting portrayal of both brothers and the film doesn't escape without a hint of Cronenberg's trademark visceral symbolism. Weird, but unforgettable.

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Daniel Corleone - wrote on 09/03/2012

Dead Ringers is about a scary transformation, actresses lifestyle, malpractice, attachments (figuratively and literally), loneliness, drug addiction, manipulation and a unique brotherly love. As one of the characters mentioned - "Why don't you get along with your very own life?" which almost sums up the premise of the story. One of the best horrific psychological thrillers with a great performance from a single person. Elliot and Beverly Mantle are identical twins that are gynecologists. Beverly is the younger of the two who is shy and lonely while Elliot is confident and a womanizer. One of the best drug related films which shows its effects via clinical depression, heavy drinking, prescription drug abuse and paranoid delusions. Jeremy Irons was just spectacular in his role on the …

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Yojimbo - wrote on 05/10/2012

Brilliant gynecologists Beverly and Elliot Mantle are identical twins who share everything-even women-when the younger and more sensitive of the two forms an emotional bond with one of their patients that threatens their inter-dependent relationship. David Cronenberg's dark psycho-sexual chiller is lacking his usual gory effects and is a much more subtle and understated affair. The doctors' psychological decay and descent into drug abuse and madness is handled with great sensitivity, never demonising or judgemental, and the seamless direction and visual effects mean that you would never guess that the twins were played by the same actor if you didn't already know. Jeremy Irons turns in not one but two remarkable performances as the troubled twins, subtly giving each individuality through …