James Sweeney’s Twinless is a film that plays with perception — both our own and that of its characters — turning grief into something slippery, sometimes comical, and often deeply unsettling. It forces us to reckon with grief in all its forms, whether mourning a lost loved one or grieving the life that might have been. This is a film about twinhood and the unique, irreplaceable bond it entails, but also about what happens when that bond is severed, leaving only memories behind. With a sharp script and a mesmerizing dual performance from Dylan O’Brien, who seamlessly inhabits the vastly different personalities of Roman and Rocky, Twinless manages to be both tender and biting, a meditation on loss in an era where identity has never been more fluid — or more easily manipulated.
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