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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 Megan Mane Misha Highstead Alexis Uiga Darryl Dinn Kiran Friesen Loretta Yu Stephen R. Hart Paul Stephen

Alternative Titles

El hombre duplicado, Neprijatelj, Priesas, Nepritel, An Enemy, O Homem Duplicado, 双面危敌, 心敵, Ворог, 에너미, KP15: Priešas, Враг

thriller mystery

91 mins More details at IMDb TMDb Report this film

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Review by jose ★★★★ 4

"A24"
"Denis Villeneuve"
"Two Jake Gyllenhaals"
"Hairy Chested Jake Gyllenhaal"
"Yellow Cinematography"

me: 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌there👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there (chorus: ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ) mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit
Review by jewel ★★★★ 1

can't believe the two best actors working today are in the same movie..... jake gyllenhaal and jake gyllenhaal
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 55

"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 willa ★★★★ 1

producers: how about you put one color besides yellow in this film
denis: um... wtf...why would i ever do that...
Review by DirkH ★★★★½ 22

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 josh lewis ★★★★ 4

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

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Review by carsengreene ★★★★★

I appreciate a film that establishes time and space early on. We are quickly transported to the early 2000s in Canada. This is given to us via a relic, the video store, extensive use of house phones, a lack of Googlablity in cell phones, and a giant pair of bug-eye sunglasses. Don't get me started on that Volvo.

Initially, this film is confusing. It requires some thought and some puzzle skills. I didn't understand the symbolism of the spiders at first, but that gripping final shot brings it all together. This man, Adam Bell or Anthony Clair, is afraid of the women in his life. He's afraid of his girlfriend, his wife, and his mom. They are each represented by…
Review by RJRobertson ★★★★

This film requires a second viewing. Not that I'm complaining.
Review by manolet ★★★★

Donnie Darko con barba es bastante guapo, y el actor que hace del otro tío también es bien guapo, se parece a Donnie Darko, pero con barba.
Me han gustado mucho los créditos finales.
Review by lolifofo ★★★½

Movies make me ̶w̶a̶n̶t̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶d̶e̶a̶d̶ feel dumb.
Review by segun ★★★★

scared of this.
and also, team Adam !
Review by Kohl Stadler ★★★★

What did I just watch?

Jake is for sure one of the best actors out right now (I know, this movie is already 6 years old), and his performance in this film is quite literally nuts. This movie is up to so much interpretation, and the idea of a doppelganger in Enemy shouldn't be seen super literally. Rather, considering Adam's doppelganger as a part of his mental state helps to solidify a ton of the metaphors throughout the film. Was not expecting the ending whatsoever, and I think this will take more than a couple watches before I get a good grasp on it.

The score created the mood in most of the scenes, and boy did it ever. While the movie is relatively slow, the story keeps a nice pace while also making sure that important elements receive the attention they need. I don't think I'll ever look at spiders in the same way.
Review by Colman Hallinan ★★★★

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

Jake Gyllenhaal screams at his girlfriend. He starts to push the car door open. He swerved and totals the car which flips and skids several times before stopping. The door opens. Bryan Cranston rushes to the car. Ryan Gosling steps out wearing a scorpion jacket. Drive.

Anyway this might be the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen. It wholeheartedly refuses to answer any of the questions it poses which is both mind blowingly frustrating and generally terrifying. There are so many possibilities and the human brain leans into the most sick a depraved one. The single explanation that keeps us up at night. The answer we don’t want to hear. But after all, isn’t that what this is all about?
Review by Nick Adrian ★★★★½

Casey Frey’s best performance as Jake Gyllenhaal’s doppelgänger. Period.
Review by gabe ★★★★

where can I get me a baddie that got 8 legs 🤔🤔