Ivan Lalic Good horror movies are the ones that mimic the reality as much as possible and the best ones are those that have their base dug into the psychology. ''Dead Ringers" is one of those flicks, giving us the truly twisted story about the identical twins that share their business and private life seemingly without remorse. Jeremy Irons portrays both characters with a terrifying ease as the script takes the similar dive into the world of true pathology and perversion, climaxing in a saddening end. ''Dead Ringers" is the best Cronenberg's flick and the role Jeremy Irons played in his career.

dissident320 It's an interesting story of twin doctors played by Jeremy Irons. They do some impressive technical things to have him play 2 characters in the same scene. Everyone's performance was convincing as well. I think emotionally it fell a little flat for me. When the story starts to get a bit more out there and intense, I started to feel bored. I never felt like they connected the emotional dots to really justify a descent into madness. It's an okay movie but Cronenberg has done better.

John Brooks This film is highlighted by its dark temperament, an excellent Jeremy Irons and also a very good Bujold, and a grand finale totally in the momentum of the film that does not let down.The atmosphere is cold, suffocating and degenerative; all the while holding a certain beauty at its core, and being darkly poetic.The dialog is good, the sort that has hidden meaning.The film seems to always make references to concealed symbols, and is not a mere execution of its narrative. There's meaning, interpretation.As criticism, one could feel this film was not interactive enough and self-complacent in how much talk it contains; like it is an inevitable realization of its somewhat predictable storyline. Furthermore, the answer at the end doesn't seem to be as clear: how far does the metaphor go ?

horrorfan198129 Based on the book "Twins" by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland, Jeremy Irons plays twins Gynecologists Elliot and Beverly Mantle, the film starts of with the Mantle twins in their youth, Then college/university graduating, then having their own clinic Mantle Inc, Elliot is more charismatic, suave and confident, Beverly is more shy and quiet. one day movie actress Claire Niveau (Genevieve Bujold) turns up at their clinic for treatment, Elliot seduces Claire then tells Beverly he should try her as they both are Identical. Beverly falls for her then develops a drug habit which could ruin everything they have worked for.This movie is more Drama than David Cronenberg's earlier movies in the horror genre, the film does start of slow but once you settle into it, its very much enjoyable, Jeremy Irons is amazing in this film under the guidance of a brilliant director.