Enemy

2013 Directed by Denis Villeneuve

You can’t escape Yourself!

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Jake Gyllenhaal Mélanie Laurent Sarah Gadon Isabella Rossellini Joshua Peace Tim Post Kedar Brown Darryl Dinn Megan Mane Misha Highstead Alexis Uiga Kiran Friesen Loretta Yu Stephen R. Hart Paul Stephen

Alternative Titles

An Enemy, Nepritel, 双面危敌, 心敵, Neprijatelj, Priesas, Ворог, KP15: Priešas

thriller mystery

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Review by jewel ★★★★ 5

can't believe the two best actors working today are in the same movie..... jake gyllenhaal and jake gyllenhaal
Review by willa ★★★ 2

producers: how about you put one color besides yellow in this film
denis: um... wtf...why would i ever do that...
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 68

"Chaos is order yet undeciphered."
Well, that was a mind distorter if there ever was one. I don't think I can remember having left a theater so confused before. I turned to the man next to me, who I noticed had also gone to see the same film, and noticed that he was shaking his head. "What did you think of it?," I asked him. "Not good... not good at all." And I totally understood where he was coming from, because who could have been prepared for a film (or an ending, for that matter) like that?
Yet I was not on the same page; I loved Enemy. I LOVED it. Maybe it has to do with my appreciation for…
Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 6

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

i too am so terrified of healthy relationships with women that i reduce their complexities into a rudimentary fear i can control/avoid and accidentally split my psyche in the process
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★ 12

Did not realize how terrified I was of Jake Gyllenhaal until this......
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what the fuck???
Review by maria ★★★★½ 6

i love two men and both of them are jake gyllenhaal
Review by grace spelman ★★★★ 3

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Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 25

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Beautifully shot and exceptionally acted, Enemy is a nightmare of a film for both its protagonists and its audience. Before I start to theorize like a moron, I have to say a few things without spoilers. Enemy showcases just how good an actor Gyllenhaal can be. The subtleties in his performance are extraordinary. In mostly wordless scenes he still manages to give each version of his characters an identity. Melanie Laurent and Sarah Gadon are both stunning as well, with Gadon blowing me away completely in many a scene where her expressions are worth a thousand words. Vileneuve has shot everything in a sickly, nicotine stained palette, instilling his film with a disturbing atmosphere from the get go.

*here be…
Review by issy 🥝 ★★★★½ 1

Me after watching Enemy: what does any of this mean?
Every film review based account on YouTube: here is a clear and well thought out short explanation behind the confusing subplot and imagery of this film, with clips to reference and bold text for visual ease!
Me: aaaaah thank you!! :) I get it now
Me, after rewatching Enemy: but what does any of this mean
Review by Jacob ★★★★½ 4

me: "this is pretty cool, i guess"
jake gyllenhaal: [has a hairy chest]
me: "wow... A Filmé... really makes you think..."
Rating: 82/100
Review by brat pitt ★★★★½

a timeline of me watching this movie:
"EW .. what .. OH .. what .. LOL .. what .. NO .. what .. AAAHHH .. WHAT!!!!! WWHAT THE FUC K"
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 8

Denis Villeneuve’s “Enemy” might have the scariest ending of any film ever made. While such a proclamation no doubt seems both wildly hyperbolic and uselessly broad (how to compare the sudden revulsion of “Don’t Look Now”’s final shots with the icy, germinating dread imbued into the haunting last shot of a film like “The White Ribbon”?), viewers of certain predispositions and phobias will invariably sign off on such a statement as “Enemy” abruptly cuts to its closing titles.
A strange and agreeably pretentious adaptation of the late José Saramago’s novel “The Double”, Villeneuve’s film is faithful to the source material in broad strokes, but also enjoyably overeager to spotlight and sexualize the text’s most sinister undercurrents. One of two Villeneuve…

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Review by Frankie Drive-in ★★★★

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Review by Slade Hallett ★★★★

Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, is the most-confusing film I’ve ever seen. It’s a metaphorical movie about one mans journey into his mind. I really enjoyed dissecting this film, even though it can be a little difficult to follow the breadcrumbs that Villeneuve is leaving behind. I don’t see myself watching this film at much as other ones out there, but I think Villeneuve is one of our new masters. And that ending...
Review by Miles Larkin ★★★★

Skyscrapers, motels, massive apartment buildings. This film makes the unsettling nature of our isolated existence feel tangible. Identity becomes jumbled.
Enemy gets praise from me, at the very least, for being thought provoking. Many hours worth of thought provoking.
Review by JaidenGill ★★★½

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Review by TonyFresco ★★★

so yellow
Review by Rita ★★½

Amarelado como todos os filmes do Denis Villeneuve
Review by wontonmeen ★★★★½

The first time I watched this movie it completely shattered the way I viewed visual storytelling.
This is my third time rewatching after six years and I suddenly felt compelled to write an entire essay about it?? Just for myself?? At 2am??? This movie is crazy dude.
Review by Leila Pérez ★★★

després d’un video de youtube ja entenc coses!!!
Review by lo ★

Two Jakes. That is my worst nightmare. Fuck you dude.
Review by avery ★★★½

NO one out here doing it like mr villeneuve everyone say THANK YOU
Review by Colin Martinez ★★★★½

my roommate was texting me his theory at 1 am. you love to see it.
Review by Mark Wanner ★★★★½ 2

I'm not even going to pretend like I understand what I just saw. But I do know that I loved it!

2013: Prisoners
2014: Enemy
2015: Sicario
2016: Arrival
2017: Blade Runner 2049
Has any other director ever had a year-to-year streak like this?