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 7

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…

Recent reviews

Review by Callum Yaw ★★★½

Have had this on my watchlist for a while, and ended up shook by that final shot. It's easy to see Denise's ability to direct something that looks so beautiful and grand (even with that sepia-palette), with enough symbolism and tension to build layers of meaning that are compelling.
I enjoyed this, but maybe a second watch in time will make me appreciate it more. That was definitely the case with Arrival which is so much better than I originally gave it credit for. Last note: shout out to the typography and cinematography in the closing credits - haven't seen one I've liked this much in a while!!
Review by Finlay Miller ★★★★

Defo the most experimental Villneuve film I've seen. He is a great example of a very consistent director, I like all of the stuff I've seen from him and every time I see one of his films I get excited to watch the rest of his filmography.
I did enjoy how deep this was but I had a few issues, I thought it dragged slightly at the mid-point and I also figured out the plot twist thingy kinda quickly as well. I was also not always sure if I liked the colour pallette in it as well.
8.5/10
Review by vartymate ★★★½

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

So are all women spiders or just the pregnant ones?
Review by nath c. ★★★★

Too many Jake Gyllenhaal's in this one.
Review by sley_13 ★★★½

Pretty interesting, the performances were pretty good. The concept was interesting, but it could’ve been utilized in a more interesting way. It’s just that we know absolutely nothing about these two people and there were some things that didn’t make sense. The spider imagery was interesting though, and the message behind the movie is very thought provoking. Pretty good overall.
Review by AVilleneuveFan ★★★★½

Close to being a perfect “thought provoking” metaphorical film. It does so much to keep you invested and intrigued into what’s going on; and I still don’t believe that I have all of the puzzle pieces to figuring this out. The color grading served its purpose, the score contributed to the atmosphere greatly, and Jake Gyllenhaal gives an amazing performer, per usual.
Review by rhaughan ★★★★

short review: whAt the fuck
slightly longer review: a very ambiguous (non-linear???) chronicle of a man struggling with infidelity, also ~yellow~, also whAt the fuck
Review by Jamzan ★★★★

Great movie! I was super intrigued the entire time, and I think the soundtrack played a big part in that. I definitely thought that the entire movie was an internal struggle with himself as opposed to it being a doppelgänger movie. What that struggle was I'm not overly sure but it's obvious that he wasn't overly happy with his life, and even though he loves his wife there's still a part of him that wants to self sabotage. That sabotage seems to lead him down a life where he's unhappy and having emotionless sex with the same woman over and over, in result wanting to return back to his wife and baby, and the spiral continues.
Review by preserbius

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I wish I was more afraid of spiders.
Review by Cragscorner ★★★

This movie is too damn yellow man
Review by cinthia ★★★★

a masterpiece I think you have to watch 2 times to fully understand and appreciate, but definitely worthy to watch
Review by alastair96

Still enjoyed it