Brilliant and mind-blowing. Reminded me a lot of Donnie Darko.

When you fully understand all the things that happened, you know that is just brilliant.

This movie made me so mad. I have no idea what I just watched and I want these 90 minutes of my life back.

When a film needs the explanation to get it then the filmmaker failed.

I agree with the sentiment that if a movie needs an explanation outside of itself then it’s not a perfect movie, however, once you read the theories this film takes on a whole nother level of genius. If i had gotten to the meaning of it by myself this movie would have a big round 10, but unfortunately it’s just a little too abstract for me to be completely satisfied by it. Jake is fucking incredible, i am seriously obsessed with him. And Villeneuve does an amazing job with his shot composition, atmosphere setting and suspense building. One of my favourite directors. I don’t doubt this movie might go up to a 9 on a second watch, maybe.

8/10

Kept the suspense going but maybe I'm just not artsy enough to get the symbolism.

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One of the most complicated movies ever. I didn't quite comprehend the story even though i've read some explanations. this film actually requires serious thought.

I’m all for metaphorical films but this is just lazy. A history teacher spots himself in a film which his colleague recommends. It's all normal until he and his look-alike finally meet. I think I understand the message it's trying to say but the experience is very tedious and empty and this film ends up saying nothing. I find this film to care more about being artsy then being enjoyable. It has zero entertainment value. This film tries to accomplish classic twin story, same characters with contrasting personality, but I don't think it succeeds at that. Their behaviours feels very forced, their motivations are unreasonable and the conflict between them just doesn't seem realistic to me. The strange imagery is just another attempt to make the film more interesting, sadly it doesn't work. The characters beside the twins are pretty much lifeless, like they don't want to be there in the first place. Also I'm not a fan of the color palette and some stylistic choices used in this film. It looks like piss. The score is the only thing they really put effort into. I won't recommend this film to anyone.

This is not a film for everyone. A surreal, metaphorical film that which theme has been subtly given from the beginning and rehearsed several times in the film. The film made me scratched my heads. But I can definitely appreciate the way Villeneuve created a brooding, menacing feel throughout the film, with nightmarish dreamlike sequence. Albeit not completely immersed to the movie, the striking ending, in which Gyllenhaal's character let out a tired, "here we go again" sigh, pretty much sums up the theme of the film.

Both Adam and Anthony are same person. Anthony is the imagination of Adam.Adam is currently married to Helen but he is frustrated and due to fear of commitment ( symbolised by spider) he creates Anthony. Adam feels that he is not happy in his life.
Mary was Adams ex gf so Anthony (in imagination) stalks Mary to fulfill Adams desire.
The movie revolves around the fact that who will be in dominance.
When helen goes to college she came to knew the disorder of Adams so she asked 'How was your school' & 'I wanted you to stay'
So Anthony dies but in the last when he see the key Anthony Returns