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The Double is a 2013 British black comedy thriller film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. It is based on the 1846 novella The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, about a man driven to breakdown when he is usurped by a doppelgänger.
Apr 4, 2014 · The unenviable life of a government-agency clerk takes a horrific turn with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite otherwise--he's a confident, charismatic ladies' man.
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Feb 28, 2014 · The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to upset the balance. James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror ...
Feb 18, 2014 · 578. 92K views 10 years ago. Richard Ayoade (Submarine) returns with a darkly comic masterpiece, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska. Also featuring Sally Hawkins, Yasmin Page, Craig...
Kate Muir Times (UK) British director Ayoade's second film is jam-packed with witty references, from cheesy sci-fi soap operas to the long-suffering men who populate the Coen brothers' films.
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May 9, 2014 · The Double - Metacritic. 2014. R. Magnolia Pictures. 1 h 33 m. Summary The life of Simon (Jesse Eisenberg), a timid, isolated man who’s overlooked at work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman of his dreams (Mia Wasikowska) is turned upside down with the arrival of a new co-worker, James.
James is both Simon's exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon's horror, James slowly starts taking over his life....
The unenviable life of a government-agency clerk takes a horrific turn with the arrival of a new co-worker who is both his exact physical double and his opposite otherwise--he's a confident, charismatic ladies' man.
The Double is an Orwellian nightmare, doused in sickly artificial light and imbued with delightfully awkward absurdism. Ayoade has crafted a film that feels like a scrapbook of his influences all blended together to create his own unique vision of a classic story.
