Enemy

Name: Enemy
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Released: March 14, 2014
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon

2014

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A24 | Release Date: March 14, 2014 | R

Starring: Isabella Rossellini, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon

Summary: University lecturer Adam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Mélanie Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down Anthony, an actor living with his pregnant wife Helen (Sarah Gadon) andUniversity lecturer Adam (Jake Gyllenhaal) is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Mélanie Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down Anthony, an actor living with his pregnant wife Helen (Sarah Gadon) and engages him in a complex and dangerous struggle.… Expand

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Sep 15, 2013

Enemy is a transfixing grand slam that certifies Villeneuve as the real deal and one of the most exciting new voices in cinema today. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Mar 14, 2014

Enemy may crawl and infuriate, and, boy, does Villeneuve get rid of the grin. But the film sticks with you, like a dreadful dream or a spider in the bedclothes. Shake it off, and it's still there. [17 March 2014, p.78]

Kevin Harley

Jan 9, 2015

Gyllenhaal is engaged and engaging in Denis Villeneuve’s adventure in psychological surrealism: let’s hope they stay friends. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Mar 21, 2014

Movies about doubles are, almost by definition, creepy, but Villeneuve, not to be outdone, piles on the weirdness. He’s big on spider imagery, but the web is flimsy. Read full review

Jesse Cataldo

Mar 10, 2014

Jake Gyllenhaal embodies the two roles with real presence, establishing Adam's sniveling wimp and Anthony's striding jerk as two believably discrete sides of the same coin. Read full review

Joe Neumaier

Mar 13, 2014

It never comes to much more than an atmospheric head-scratcher. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

Mar 13, 2014

It doesn’t add up to much of anything exciting, even with an appearance by Isabella Rossellini (of Lynch’s “Blue Velvet’’) as the mother of one of the doubles. Read full review

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anothercoolguy

Mar 16, 2014

I wasn´t expecting to like this movie that much, amazing plot and great acting .

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SushiStoner

Aug 15, 2014

Silent but Deadly this film is unique, great performance by Jake Gyllenhaal the plot is scattered around like a puzzle in desperate need for an intelligent audience to solve it.

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aguywhoreviews

May 24, 2014

This movie is one of the best movies of 2014. However it isn't for everyone. This is not the traditional linear story line in movies that contain beginning, middle, and end. I can understand if someone dislikes this movie. This movie leaves a lot to interpretation, and the ending may makeThis movie is one of the best movies of 2014. However it isn't for everyone. This is not the traditional linear story line in movies that contain beginning, middle, and end. I can understand if someone dislikes this movie. This movie leaves a lot to interpretation, and the ending may make people say, "What the **** Though this movie made me confused, going online and looking at theories makes me appreciate the movie more. Performances are great with Jake Gyllenhaal as both Adam and Anthony being the star of it. The cinematography is beautiful and the score very eerie. I highly recommend this movie.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

OlivierPiel

Dec 26, 2019

Not every great music has to be a symphony or an opera. Sometimes, a little chamber music can be witty and entertaining. For books and films it is the same thing.
Denis Villeneuve should have kept doing this type of ingenious, powerful and intimate films, rather than getting lost, or betterNot every great music has to be a symphony or an opera. Sometimes, a little chamber music can be witty and entertaining. For books and films it is the same thing.
Denis Villeneuve should have kept doing this type of ingenious, powerful and intimate films, rather than getting lost, or better said, diluted, in projects such as Arrival and Blade Runner since some of the ideas and scenes he developed in Enemy have been copied in both blockbusters but in a far more bloated, bland and ponderous fashion.

In this film, Villeneuve's tackles the postmodern man's neurosis, bad faith, schizophrenia and masculinity's terror of femninity in a masterly fashion.

Minus points: Pacing is laborious. Some scenes drag on for too long and the initial beauty of the first scene is not repeated often during the film… Expand

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sanyrub

May 21, 2017

Special little film that keeps you interested and intrigued despite the pacing being pretty slow. Jake Gyllenhaal takes ones again on a great role and carries the film by himself. The director has went onto bigger and better films with Sicario and Arrival. Prisoners was a better film too.Special little film that keeps you interested and intrigued despite the pacing being pretty slow. Jake Gyllenhaal takes ones again on a great role and carries the film by himself. The director has went onto bigger and better films with Sicario and Arrival. Prisoners was a better film too. But this is no less a very interesting experiment. Not a must-see, but still good.… Expand

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sammurphy66

Jul 14, 2014

Bizarre yet intriguing, Enemy is somewhat enjoyable, but ultimately succumbs to an unexplainably abrupt ending, which leaves viewers questioning the entire film.

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saxxy

Mar 18, 2014

You have to be kidfing!! Never wrote a review about a movie before but had to warn those thinking about seeing this movie. Do not waste your money! I am shocked that the lesd actor associated his name to this piece of junk!

1 of 12 users found this helpful111

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