Enemy

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Enemy

R

2014

1h 30m

Mystery & Thriller

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A mild-mannered college professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Critics Consensus

Thanks to a strong performance from Jake Gyllenhaal and smart direction from Denis Villeneuve, Enemy hits the mark as a tense, uncommonly adventurous thriller.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

04/17/2015

A

From the opening shot of Enemy, you are trained to expect something out of the ordinary.

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Jason Anderson

Sight & Sound

01/09/2015

Gyllenhaal faces the tricky task of conveying the subtle differences of two men whose identities are thrown into flux. The result is his most nuanced performance since playing another sleuth caught out of his depth in Zodiac.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

01/04/2015

3/5

Enemy has morbid elegance to spare, which should guarantee it some long-term cult prestige.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

05/07/2025

6/10

Assessed on a level of tone and aesthetic, Villeneuve’s film is a stunning work. It is oppressive and unsettling, achieving Lynchian levels of discomfort and uncertainty.

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Paul Kanieski

KSQD Community Radio

08/16/2023

Enemy is brimming with non-commercial bravado that borders on being confessional. Just as Hitchcock made manifest his voyeuristic and controlling proclivities, Villeneuve exposes his own conflicted feelings towards women and monogamy.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

01/14/2022

It will haunt the shit out of you

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Andres R.

@SKOLPRANO 2d

I understand what this movie was going for but just kinda fell flat. Jake was great as usual just nothing I would not him for.

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Josh G.

@thatframerjosh 6d

Movie left to much for interpretation and the whole spider thing was to much

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Indigo I

@RT14027618 May 19

My friend suggested this movie because he knows I like psychological thrillers but this moving was frustrating. Some of the choices made no sense whatsoever. I felt that the drama was forced and there were too many plot holes that made some of the scenes unbelievable. It was trying to be an amalgam of Eyes Wide Shut and Mulholland Drive.

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Noely T.

@RT44943204 May 18

Super good psychological, suspenseful movie. Had me guessing the whole time.

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Tyler S

@tylerking24 May 17

I really wanted to like this a whole more. The general concept was really interesting, but I never felt a connection as the film went on to care. Plus, some of the general choices just didn't work for me.

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Jon R.

@JuantheBaptist May 1

Not bad, not great either. Didn’t really understand the hype honestly

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Synopsis

A mild-mannered college professor (Jake Gyllenhaal) discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Producer: Niv Fichman, Miguel A. Faura
Screenwriter: Javier Gullón
Distributor: A24
Production Co: Entertainment One, Mecanismo Films, Televisión Española (TVE), Corus Entertainment, micro_scope, Instituto de la Cinematografia, Téléfilm Canada, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Pathé, Rhombus Media, Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), Roxbury
Rating: R (Language|Graphic Nudity|Some Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 22, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Runtime: 1h 30m