Dead Ringers

1988 • 1h 55m •

Thriller Horror

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★ 7.1/10

1,048 reviews

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Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

"Two bodies. Two minds. One soul."

Top Billed Cast

Jeremy Irons

Beverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle

Geneviève Bujold

Claire Niveau

Heidi von Palleske

Cary

Barbara Gordon

Danuta

Shirley Douglas

Laura

Stephen Lack

Wolleck / Anders Wolleck

Nick Nichols

Leo

Lynne Cormack

Arlene

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2014-09-26

I've often thought that there should be beauty contests for the insides of bodies.

Dead Ringers is directed by David Cronenberg who also co-adapts the screenplay with Norman Snider from the book "Twins" written by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland. It stars Jeremy Irons and Genevieve Bujold. Music is by Howard Shore and cinematography by Peter Suschitzky.

Identical twin gynaecologists Beverly and Elliott Mantle (Irons) run a high end fertility clinic in the city. Both in tune with each in spite of being different personalities, their world starts to fold inwards when Beverly falls in love with...

T talisencrw Verified TMDB Critic

2016-07-12

Sheer brilliance. Deep down, EVERYONE has a love/hate thing about identical twins. On the one side, they wish they had that kind of communion with someone, that sort of magical intimacy they share, having someone basically the exact same as themselves...yet that same one-of-a-kind companionship is scary as hell.

I haven't seen, from my fellow Canadian, either 'Scanners' (1981) or 'Naked Lunch' (1991), so I can't honestly say whether or not my assertion can be thus extended, but I dare ANYONE to find in horror a finer run than Cronenberg had, in 'Videodrome', 'The Dead Zone', 'The Fly'...and...

T tmdb47633491 Verified TMDB Critic

2018-04-07

David Cronenberg reveals himself to be a total pseud. "Our identities blur together. We are one soul." Give me a break...