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'Enemy' finds Jake Gyllenhaal doing double duty

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Gyllenhaal plays both a history professor and his doppelg盲nger, and director Denis Villeneuve piles on the weirdness.

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Jake Gyllenhaal stars in 'Enemy.'
  • By Peter Rainer Film critic

Canadian director Denis Villeneuve directed 鈥淓nemy,鈥� loosely derived from a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jos茅 Saramago, just before he made last year鈥檚 鈥淧risoners.鈥� Both star Jake Gyllenhaal, which is the best thing to be said about each film. 鈥淓nemy鈥� actually has Gyllenhaal in two roles, as an indrawn history professor as well as his doppelg盲nger, an extra he notices in a DVD movie and whom he tracks down.

Movies about doubles are, almost by definition, creepy, but Villeneuve, not to be outdone, piles on the weirdness. He鈥檚 big on spider imagery, but the web is flimsy. Grade: B- (Rated R for some strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and language.)

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