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Dead Ringers (2023)
Season 1 Premiere: Apr 21, 2023
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6.4
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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4% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 24 Critic Reviews
79
88% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
8% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
4% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Gorgeously unsettling tour de force. ... Dead Ringers is an incredible work of art, full of knotty conversations about the give and take of society at all levels. It takes an unapologetically feminine look at the politics, science, and emotion of maternity in the modern medical era. But more than anything else, it’s a brilliant showcase for one Rachel Weisz, who is operating at the top of her game.
Weisz’s nuanced performance as Elliot and Beverly is next-level brilliant. ... A twisty, unsettling narrative that’s at once darkly entertaining and dangerously unpredictable. “Dead Ringers” is must-see TV, even when it’s hard to watch.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 User Ratings
6.4
57% Positive
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25% Mixed
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18% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 44 User Ratings
6.4
57% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
25% Mixed
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
18% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Pleasantly surprised. A+ for me. One of the best mini series I've watched in recent years, I desperately wanted more episodes in this wild universe! Absolutely unhinged and spellbinding. I dare to say it's better than the movie at times, especially the themes touched. It goes without saying that Rachel Weisz is phenomenal, but I found the writing very clever too (though I would have done without a few filler scenes). The relationship between the twins will haunt for a long time. Great all around.
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It's like Nip/Tuck but without the soap opera elements. Rachel Weisz is simply amazing in dual roles.
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All of Birch’s delicate, even dangerous work would have largely been for naught had she not nabbed Weisz. Playing Beverley and Elliot with a sharp, intimidating level of commitment, the actress is riveting and wondrous.
Promises to be a rather magnificent drama, with a lean, dark, genuinely funny script by Alice Birch and two knockout performances by Weisz.
It’s a measure of this seductive horror show that you want to watch these weird sisters carry on, and on.
If the final episode feels a bit rushed and reveals that some of the season's subplots don't really add up to much, Dead Ringers is an undeniably audacious, provocative, tough to shake series.
DOA. Despite the maternity ward screaming and cursing and blood on the aprons, the cocaine-whiffing and lesbian-contrived-kissing, the series is … boring. It’s an off-putting story— not on the documentary level, but on the dramaturgical.
Many people will recall Cronenberg's 1988 thriller with Jeremy Irons as twin doctors, but there was actually an earlier version starring Bette Davis! This new incarnation is a series that casts Rachel Weisz as the identical siblings with a creepily close relationship. They're also brilliant gynecologists who are researching innovative and possibly illegal ways create life. The first ep is dark and disturbing, including the most explicit birth montage I've ever seen. Things are still weird in Ep 2, but soon after it becomes a relationship drama, losing site of the sci-fi elements. It has a slick visual style and compelling cinematography, plus some creepy body/organ weirdness. To top it off, Weisz is brilliant in both roles, creating 2 different women with equally troubling issues. While the concept swings big, the promise of the first episodes is diluted by too much romance, which renders the series ultimately disappointing. (Review based on all 6 episodes)
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This is a weird show, I think Rachel Weisz did wonderful acting two roles at the same time, but most of the time it is largely graphic for the sake of being graphic.
There are some character instances which would imply sociopathy, but are diluted by helping women give birth.
The creepy and major negative for me is the group they seek funding from, they are a globalist-transhumanist cult. The old man is an admitted rapist, a majority of ambiguous incestuous relationships to breed specific traits in humans, and there is a woman whom wants to live in a globalist dictatorship.
These plots are very offputting and there was never a condemnation of such a thing, which leads me to believe that they condone this type of fascism.
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A mess. After three episodes I've concluded that i have no idea what's going on and why i should care. A lot of f-this/f-that, most to no purpose -- but that's what writers are delivering these days - it's beyond tedious.
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Production Company:
- Amazon Studios
- Annapurna Television
- BCD Travel
- Morgan Creek Entertainment
Initial Release Date: Apr 21, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
"An Irish Person" TV Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
TV Scholar Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
