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The movie centers on Elliot and Beverly Mantle, identical twins and gynecologists who frequently sub for each another professionally and even personally by sharing one another's lovers. They take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman.
9 October 1960, Toronto, Canada
26 January 1977, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada
22 February 1973, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
25 November 1968, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
15 March 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 September 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
25 November 1968, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2 April 1934, Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada
February 18, 2014
In a weird variation of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde theme, the Mantles are drawn relentlessly and frighteningly towards an inevitable and appalling fate.January 26, 2006
An intense psychological drama which confronts [Cronenberg's] familiar preoccupations -- fear of physical and mental disintegration, mortality, the power struggle between the sexes -- without the paradoxical protection of visceral disgust.May 20, 2003
Cronenberg, who has begun to emerge as a master of body-related horrific fantasy, clearly understands that a small amount of medical mischief can be more unnerving than conventional grisliness.September 24, 2007
Director David Cronenberg handles his usual fondness for gore in muted style.January 01, 2000
Really sordid stuff that becomes ridiculous, painful, unbelievable and tedious.April 30, 2007
Impeccably executed, Cronenberg's first masterpiece is an unsettling film in which biological horror is entirely conveyed through pyschological exploration of character, masterfully played by Jeremy Irons in the best performance of his career.March 02, 2007
It's one of Cronenberg's more complex relationship tales, that puts a deadly spin on separation, loss and hopeless love.October 08, 2008
Irons gives a highly accomplished performance in a chilly knife-swapping psychodrama that remains among the director's leanest, meanest releases.October 18, 2008
This is arguably David Cronenberg's masterpiece.March 13, 2006
Cronenberg and Irons achieve perfection in horror.September 24, 2007
People like myself who find the character played by [Genevieve] Bujold (in one of her best performances) more interesting than either of the twins are bound to feel rather frustrated by the end.January 01, 2000
Watching Ringers is not unlike watching a critical operation -- unnerving but also enthralling.