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- 2022
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2022
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 34 m
Summary Upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, Sarah (Karen Gillan) opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death. Now she has one year to train her body and mind for the fig...
Directed By: Riley Stearns
Written By: Riley Stearns
- 2022
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 34 m
- 2022
- R
- RLJE Films
- 1 h 34 m
Dual
62
5.6
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Summary Upon receiving a terminal diagnosis, Sarah (Karen Gillan) opts for a cloning procedure to ease her loss on her friends and family. When she makes a sudden and miraculous recovery, her attempts to have her clone decommissioned fail and lead to a court-mandated duel to the death. Now she has one year to train her body and mind for the fig...
Directed By: Riley Stearns
Written By: Riley Stearns
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
62
68% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 25 Critic Reviews
62
68% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
28% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
If you’re blessed with matching taste, where you’ll put up with a bunch of over-literal, stiff-backed oddballs dealing with a clone crisis, you’ll find a rewarding and gut-busting film that’s lingering ideas are nearly as strong as its humorous, thoughtful construction.
Dual is in fact a fairly astute comedy. The laughs come not from jokes so much as sharp jabs of truth — wince-inducing insights into the subjects most movies won’t touch, like our fear of death, intimacy and being forgotten.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.6
27% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
57% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
17% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 User Ratings
5.6
27% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
57% Mixed
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
17% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Eu gosto de filmes que não precisam correr para contar uma história, e Dual é totalmente assim, um filme sem pressa.
Já na primeira cena do duelo entre um clone e seu original, sentimos a tensão e, mais estranho ainda, é o fato do público encarar aquilo com tanta naturalidade, e fico me perguntando com que naturalidade encaramos todos os dias notícias violentas nos jornais. Aqui, a sociedade do espetáculo dá o ar da graça, e com isso já nos ambientamos naquela sociedade não tão distópica assim.
Após a introdução, seguimos a vida de Sarah, até a infeliz decisão em fazer seu clone, dada uma doença terminal. Ocorre que a clone não apenas consegue se sair melhor na vida afetiva e familiar que a original, mas também a Sarah primeira acaba se salvando da doença, o que impele a ter que duelar.
A amizade que a Sarah original precisa fazer para treinar é muito pouco frente ao desafio que se lhe impõe. Muita coisa me incomodou nesse roteiro meio plastificado, onde hora há certa indignação tímida pela sociedade e suas regras, ora é tudo aceito de bom tom. E também, não há nada muito futurístico no filme, fora a questão dos clones, parece que é algo absolutamente normal e o filme faz a opção de centra-se unicamente na vida pessoal. Não que seja ruim, mas é como se desperdiçasse uma grande chance de criar um filme mais interessante.
Eu particularmente gostei do Plot, e acho que serve como um alerta, tal qual "Deus ex-machine" nos alerta sobre as inteligências artificiais. Embora aqui não seja exatamente uma I.A, a clonagem é derivada de todo o avanço tecnológico. Outro ponto bem interessante são os impactos mentais, tanto para a pessoa original quanto para o clone, daí não me incomodei tanto com a escolha em uma história de vida, ficou gostoso de acompanhar.
É um filme que, nas mãos de alguém mais experiente, poderia render muito mais, a exemplo de "O preço do amanhã" e tantos outros que se perdem nas suas histórias, mas entregam um argumento muito bom.
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Had a decent time with this one. Liked the idea and for the most part I feel it delivered. Good acting all around but I wish there was just a little more there to chew one, but all in all not bad.
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While Stearns’ style is detached and clinical, he finds tender humanity in unexpected places.
Gillan gets a great opportunity to show her comedic skills, and Stearns remains a solid purveyor of dark comedy, but Dual’s gloom eventually overtakes the absurdity to a depressing degree.
Riley Stearns’s film consistently tickles the funny bone, even when it comes at the expense of psychological nuance.
Ultimately the movie asks a lot of us, while simultaneously withholding too much. The concept remains compelling, but the execution both figuratively and literally falls flat.
There is nobody to relate to. That makes the movie’s muddled message a chore to plow through and its payoff more of a shrug that the sharp slap it could have been.
Darkly shot and sinisterly silent, DUAL is a spotlight performance for Karen Gillan, the once-upon-a-time companion of The Doctor. DUAL is high on concept, exemplifying the best of sci-fi, but meanders too much as a narrative reducing the movie from a cool “What If” to a shrugging “What Could Have Been.”
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Overall this felt fine, enjoyed the premise and the performances, the tone and script was not great.
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4.5 for me - I was worried beforehand that this movie might turn to what it was in the end, but the premise seemed interesting so watched it. So the idea about the fight etc between clones was nice and the preparation had ups and downs, but I liked some like dark comedy tone it had. But then towards the end it just resolved so quickly and for me the ending was very boring. Yes it kind of had a twist, but meh didn't feel like it's anything wow. And due to second part I again ended up feeling like well maybe this movie I could've skipped.
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(Mauro Lanari)
Divided into three parts, the premise arouses curiosity and interest, but then the section with Aaron Paul comes and the film freezes, the characters do not receive further psychological deepening, for the director it is enough to show us the useless phase of learning to the decisive duel. The epilogue is unjustifiably cynical, although the possible alternative had already been suggested.
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Production Company
XYZ Films,
Film Service Finland Oy,
Metrol Technology,
BondIt Media Capital,
Head Gear Films,
Kreo Films FZ,
Business Finland,
Film Tampere,
IPR.VC,
Resolute Films and Entertainment
Release Date Apr 15, 2022
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating R
Tagline Choose Wisely
Website
https://dual.official.film/
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Calgary Underground Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
