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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 86/100. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 524 1980s thriller movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Ratings
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,041 audience votes
Key crew
- David CronenbergDirector
- Norman SniderWriter
- David CronenbergWriter
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jeremy IronsBeverly Mantle / Elliot Mantle
- Geneviève BujoldClaire Niveau
- Heidi von PalleskeCary
- Barbara GordonDanuta
- Shirley DouglasLaura
- Stephen LackWolleck / Anders Wolleck
- Nick NicholsLeo
- Lynne CormackArlene
- Damir AndreiBirchall
- Miriam NewhouseMrs. Bookman
- David HughesSuperintendent
- Richard W. FarrellDean of Medicine
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The Best Movies of 1988
Dead Ringers is #19 of 60
