Enemy

Theatrical - Limited 2014-03-14

Cast Jake Gyllenhaal Mélanie Laurent Isabella Rossellini Sarah Gadon
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Written by Javier Gullon

Genres: Thriller

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7/10

Synopsis

ENEMY tells the story of a university lecturer named Adam (Gyllenhaal) who is nearing the end of a relationship with his girlfriend Mary (Laurent). One night, while watching a film, Adam spots a minor actor who looks just like him. Consumed... See more by the desire to meet his double, Adam tracks down Anthony, an actor living with his pregnant wife Helen (Gadon) and engages him in a complex and dangerous struggle. The film is a haunting and provocative psychosexual thriller about duality and identity, where in the end only one man will survive.

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Review: Enemy

Posted 12 years ago

Read Chris Bumbray's TIFF 2013 review here PLOT: While watching a movie recommended by a co-worker, a history professor discovers an actor identical to himself. Fascinated by the man in the film, he tracks him down only to complicate the...

Review: Enemy (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A university professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers that he has a doppelganger in an out-of-work actor, with a pregnant wife (Sarah Gadon) and some potentially dangerous hobbies. REVIEW: There are so many things that are interesting about ENEMY, not the...

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Weird NSFW trailer for Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal

This is a fairly strange trailer for the new Denis Villeneuve film ENEMY, starring Jake Gyllenhaal. It features some nudity and bad language, so certainly be careful of who you’re around while watching it. Otherwise, enjoy the trip! The film...

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First trailer and poster for the new thriller Enemy with Jake Gyllenhaal

Posted 12 years ago

Get ready for some doppelganger thrills! Jake Gyllenhaal reteams with his PRISONERS director, Denis Villeneuve, in the thriller ENEMY, which screened at TIFF last year (our review here). Gyllenhaal plays a man who "seeks out his exact look-alike after spotting...

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New poster for Denis Villenueve’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal

Posted 12 years ago

Before they collaborated on PRISONERS, Jake Gyllenhaal and director Denis Villenueve made ENEMY, a psychological thriller about a man who is faced with the terrifying reality that he has an exact double somewhere out there. A new international poster for...

Double the Gyllenhaal in this teaser clip and poster for Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy

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