The Double

"The Double," is a taut spy-thriller with echoes of the Cold War and "The Day of the Jackal." It's not easy to speak about the plot without pooping the film's surprises but let's just say that everything's different from what it appears and no one is who he seems to be (that's where the film's title comes from). I've read reviews describing the film as confusing and too complicated but in my opinion these comments are ungenerous. "The Double" shows an instantaneous reassessment of what the viewer has seen. In that sense there's a mind-twisting satisfaction in the plot. Gere is great as an entertainingly minimal actor but he's always very convincing. Here he gives weariness to a character who had seen and done too much. "The Double" is one of those dark stories where every turn seems to be a turn for the worse. To sum up it's definitely worth a look.

Worst role of Richard Gere ever.. Lousy, boring, stiff, wooden, unenthusiastic, repetetive. I've read better comic book lines than this crap. Absolutely worthless film, waste of money & time.

The short description of this film is "contrived". I guess the plot twists are supposed to be creative but the end result is a movie that fails to engage. You pretty soon stop caring about the outcome and that is never a good sign.

One important thing - the most stupid trailer in the universe. Lucky not to watched it because i read comment down below. Movie is very interesting, I was amused and the finale was very twisty !!!! Good performance from Gere and also from T.Grace.

This is a very poor attempt at a post-cold war spy movie. Really the biggest problem is the script. There are several points in the film where there is no logic as to how they know where to go next to find someone -- just one of the characters going to some door without explanation, talks to someone and off they go. Really terrible stuff. Also the actors are just dialling it in here. Even as a casual watch the terrible scrpt/ storyline will just annoy you.