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May 9, 2014 · A self-conscious art film based on a Dostoevsky novella, starring Jesse Eisenberg as a meek office worker and his confident doppelgänger. The movie pays homage to other classics of the genre, but also features mordant humor and a brilliant performance by Mia Wasikowska.
Nov 2, 2011 · A retired CIA agent (Richard Gere) and an FBI agent (Topher Grace) team up to stop a Russian assassin (Stephen Moyer) in this thriller. Roger Ebert criticizes the plot holes, the action cliches and the wasted potential of the film.
May 9, 2014 · Rated: 3.5/5 Nov 16, 2021 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse A unique movie, rich in Orwellian details and with good performances, but marred by a difficult, confusing story that may ...
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Apr 3, 2014 · The Double review – A brilliantly realised nightmare universe This article is more than 10 years old Richard Ayoade turns an unpromising Dostoevsky story into a quick-witted, elegant and ...
Oct 27, 2011 · 1h 38m. By Stephen Holden. Oct. 27, 2011. In “The Double,” a moldy, post-cold-war spy thriller that vainly aspires to be a contemporary “Patriot Games,” Richard Gere, in his enigmatic, sinister...
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May 8, 2014 · The Double. Directed by Richard Ayoade. Comedy, Drama, Thriller. R. 1h 33m. By A.O. Scott. May 8, 2014. In “The Double,” Richard Ayoade’s energetically stylized adaptation of a Dostoyevsky...
Oct 26, 2011 · The Double is a movie about a CIA agent who hunts his own doppelganger, a Soviet assassin. The review praises Gere's performance but criticizes the plot as derivative and predictable.