Enemy

Jake Gyllenhaal plays a history professor whose life gets turned upside down when he finds his identical double in a movie and decides to find out more…

Despite its mainstream lead, this is an arthouse movie. And a boring one unfortunately… It’s hard to describe why without spoilers – it is one of those movie that needs analysis during and after viewing to make sense. So I won’t go into that kind of analysis to avoid the spoilers.

Despite its mainstream lead, this is an arthouse movie.

Watch it if you like slow, enigmatic movies about one’s self and self perception. But don’t expect too much – just because it is artsy doesn’t make it deep and meaningful… The concept is really hard to keep interesting for even a mere 90 minutes. Maybe a 30 minute short would have been more suitable.

I say: skip it.