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Don't compare it with the original, just watch . I think it's quite fascinating. But it jumps to much from one scene to another. Rachel Weisz is stunning in her performance. She's making it easy to see two sisters. The story is acceptable and the way the portrait women as strong women is ok. What I don't understand is why they switch so much in between scenes. I lost the story more than once. What the hell is the role of the housekeeper and why are there so much dialogues that I don't follow or don't understand. But then again, the story is acceptabel and I keep on watching. Those of you who rate after one episode or even less. Get out!

I am a big Cronenberg fan, and I am very familiar with the original Dead Ringers. I will not compare them since this is a reimagining- but I will say they really are extremely dissimilar.

This show looks great, and Rachel plays the parts extremely well. The practical effects are SOLID- lot's of blood but I can imagine how it would be too much for some with all the graphic birth depiction. That being said- the show can be very hard to follow. It's all over the place, jumping from place to place sometimes from time to time with no indication. They are also introducing new characters all the way up to episode 5 (there are only 6). I think it could be a bit more cohesive. Yes, I do understand that is the point- it's supposed to be disorienting and the twins are supposed to sometimes be indistinguishable, so maybe you'll see it differently than I did.

My take is that this all works better as a book. The show feels like we viewers are missing something. Why are the twins the way they are? Their codependency on each other needs to be clarified. As viewers, we learn that the twins had a healthy childhood with devoted and involved parents - after a bout of severe postpartum depression. There appears to be nothing in the twins' life to warrant the kind of insecurity and lack of self-esteem that would lead to the toxic levels of codependency we see unless we're missing something.

That's one big problem. Another is that the story plays on all the worst stereotypes of twins, particularly female twins. The final problem is the ending plothole. It's a big one, and again, it feels off as if the writers needed an ending, and this was it.

Still, I watched all of it. Having Rachel Weisz play two parts was weird and off-putting. She was terrific with the material she was given. None of the problems with this show were her fault.

After reading 90% of the reviews I wonder what the hell, everyone else is watching that I'm not. The biggest complaint on here, is it's not the same as Cronenberg's. I'll be the 1st to admit that Cronenberg is God and everything he makes is a masterpiece. This shouldn't be compared to that. It's a REMAKE. As in, similar story beats from a different perspective. This was wonderful and I DO agree that Rachel Weisz deserves every accolade for her performance. I gained a lot of respect for her after this series that I never had before. I mean, I knew she was good, but WOW! The little nuances in body language and facial contortions that define the twins is astonishing! Great series! Don't listen to the ghost of Ebert who trashes all genre films and series. 100% worth your time!

This is the fourth review. The first three were all ten out of ten, leading me to believe that they're less than legitimate. "Amazingly plays both sisters! I didn't see the original!" "Perfectly portrayed seamlessly! The Jeremy Irons film!" "A freaking genius... the writing is so awesome!"

Enough already.

The original was a David Cronenberg film, not a Jeremy Irons film. Yes, Irons did an excellent job in it, but make no mistake - Cronenberg wrote and directed it, and it's entirely his disturbing vision, so it's disgusting that these three gushers don't even mention his name.

What I've learned over the past few years is there is absolutely no depth to which the utterly-desperate-for-content modern streaming production houses (Netflix, Amazon, Apple, etc.) will not stoop to debase themselves and utterly violate the great (and let's face it, not so great - they don't care) movies of the last half century. Catch-22. Three Days of the Condor. True Lies. Westworld (alright, that was a lousy movie that was remade as a pretty good series). One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Dead Ringers. The list goes on and on. Sometimes it's so obvious that they've cast the entire show to as closely resemble the original actors as possible that it hurts. Other times they think they're doing a hip gender (or racial) updating, as with this one.

What's next? Citizen Karen?

Someone. Please. Stop. These. People.

Crazy and disturbing it is...and yes there are moments of 'why?' (housekeeper and the dinner party weirdness) but it is also a clever script and impressive visuals with excellent issue based concepts from all angles.

I haven't watched the Cronenberg film, but the series at times gave me the same uncomfortable 'what is going on?' Cronenberg vibes.

I loved Rachel Weisz anyway, but I really thought she was brilliant and deliciously perfect.... twice.

I gave it an 8 because the only issue I had would be some of the plot was just too deliberately pretentious, but hey I definitely recommend it, especially if you are very very bored of the usual pasty bland stuff that has been coming out recently.

Very well-made in a sort of crazy uninteresting yet intriguing and hypnotic way well-made. The acting is very good obviously, the visual effects really cool, the flow and pacing not so much, the events and plots sort of slippery and the ending unfortunately unrealistic. Anybody who has really seen twins cannot or won't be fooled more than five minutes, but it was worth the try, way better than the 1988 OG because of its length, female charisma and better visuals and a sort of saddening experience in the final episode. That shouldn't have happened!

• Screenplay/storyline/plots: 7
• Production value/impact: 7
• Development: 8
• Realism: 7
• Entertainment: 6.5
• Acting: 8
• Filming/photography/cinematography: 8
• VFX: 8.5
• Music/score/sound: 7
• Depth: 7
• Logic: 6
• Flow: 6.5
• Psychological/horror/thriller/drama/multiple personalities: 7
• Ending: 5.

The whole series attitude is trying too hard to be conceptual and look like a masterpiece. In fact, we have pseudo intellectual hopeless and meaningful project that will be forgotten by viewers in 15 minutes after watching this.

Getting viewers attention by showing so many birth acts is a cheap tool when it has nothing to surprise besides that.

You can be pretentious when you have something to say to the world and when it really worths it but in this case the whole projects looks like Paris Hilton trying to be Stephen Hawking.

I guess the main issue here is weak plot which was shrinking all over the place.

This show had me hooked from the first episode. If you can stomach the multiple themes of miscarriage, birth, suicide, drugs, alcoholism and murder; then it's a brilliant story. But it's certainly not easy to watch. What I liked the most was the way it accurately portrays modern capitalism and the lack of humanity that billionaires have towards women's health and healthcare.

It also touches on the very sad but real subject of motherhood, wether is chosen or not. It also shows a very real picture of pre/postpartum depression, miscarriage, death at childbirth and family trauma from all these subjects.

The cast is perfect and each character is played flawlessly. As others said before me, Rachel Weisz certainly deserves an award for her amazing performance.

It is so nice to feel challenged and stimulated by such a thought-provoking series. This is not your middle-of-the-road usual fare: it is smart, it's profound and multi-layered and it's beautifully put together. Rachel Weisz is (not surprisingly) amazing and manages to portray convincingly two very distinct characters. You just completely forget it's one actress doing both roles. The rest of the cast is strong and the photography and music are excellent too. I would really encourage anybody who likes to watch artistically original content to give it a go! Bravo. Ps. Although I saw the original movie when it was first released, I have very little so cannot compare but I think the series completely stand on its own anyway.

The series gained good traction after the first half. Production quality was top notch, though was shot a bit dark for my tastes. I think it was a challenge to take the original material and work it into a less Cronenberg and more 21st century theme. I believe it was a success and was just as interesting as the earlier film. I've long been an admirer of Rachel Weisz and was really impressed with her in the dinner scene in episode four at about the 39 minute mark. That's the one that rings award nominations for me. She has had many risky diverse roles in her career and this performance ranks among her best. Dark themes for sure, but executed really well.

I really like Rachel Weisz, and I wanted to like this thing. It is like a train wreck where you feel so bad for all the humanity but you continue to watch the train crash and burn. WHY they thought this was worthy of a series is beyond me. Listen, I love Cronenberg's movies, but that 1988 version of this story was terrible in my humble opinion. I didn't think Jeremy Irons was right for the role he played, and the continuity of the movie was a bit jumpy and aloof. However, compared to this dumpster fire, Cronenberg's movie was a masterpiece!! I didn't want to give it a 1, so I guess I gave it a 3 for effort maybe? All I know is I kept waiting for something worthwhile to happen. What you get in this series is shocking attitudes, language, and inappropriate weirdness. I'm not a prude guys, but GEESH..

This is obviously not going to be everyone's cup of tea but you can admire the tea for its craftsmanship, its body, shape, texture, colour. You can wonder at the tea ceremony and beauty of hostess without caring for the taste of the tea itself.

Dead Ringers is a film that shines light on dark places. Uncomfortable places. Places that we either prefer not to know about or that we push to furthest recesses of our brains, in our attempts to maintain the dissonance of our modern world in our minds.

Rachel Weisz is extraordinary as light and shade, identical twins so physically similar and yet so disparate in nature as to like the Angels Michael and Lucifer. Certainly one of them has designs on playing God.

No one plays a dud role in the film. Poppy Liu plays her typically kooky character. Jennifer Ehle is fabulous as the big bad guy... I would venture to say this is a Meryl Streepesque performance.

I'm not going to pretend I get it all. Some pieces either don't fit together, or I need to (gladly) rewatch for clarity.

From a piece of pure art, the work is terrific. Throw in two Rachel Weisz', a story that is important and a clarion call for the the not very distant future, and the superb dialogue between Eliot and Agnus on the roof top and I gave Dead Ringers 8+

What an incredible waste of time this was.

I had such a big expectation that this would be great especially because of Rachel Weis but no not even her impeccable acting could save it.

Predictable from the opening scene. Lots of wasted time no real story to follow. I think in my opinion it was just made to shock at the lengths some will go to.

The housekeeper 🤔🤔no real answers except that's she was just as fu&$;d up as Beverly and Elliot.

It definitely had potential but to me it just seemed like a jumbled mess of fill-in scenes and story lines to keep it going.

Definitely not a series I would recommend.

Upon conclusion of watching all six episodes I read a number of the reviews and felt like I wished that I had seen the original. Perhaps there is some redeeming value in it. I found nothing in this awful story that was edifying.

To be fair the first two episodes were somewhat interesting. Kind of provocative, made me a little patient to see what might unfold. But, by half way through the fourth I had to force myself to continue.

You certainly have every right to question my state of mind that I continued to punish myself and watch the whole twisted meaningless confusing and wasted effort!

Many other reviews pointed to some of the specific failings of this gross production. They were correct. I'll finish by saying you're better off just watching the news.

I genuinely am baffled by the low reviews here. They seem to stem from those disappointed by the remake of the original movie so I'll start off by saying I've never watched nor heard of the movie Dead Ringers, so went into this completely blind. Rachel is absolutely fantastic playing the two opposite twins with a complex and at times, questionable relationship. The show is dark yet with sprinklings of comedy, the characters are prickly, and the storyline's are sometimes shocking and overall leaves you feeling like you've seen something you shouldn't have and wanting more. I've only watched ep 1 but I'm hooked and can't wait to devour the rest of the show.

This is typical of todays reimagining of previous output. Change male leads to female and take it from there. I can't think of a single instance where this device has worked. Not one. Why not simply create something totally new. Oh, I know why, because todays writers are just lazy and totally lack any imagination. Rachel Weisz gives what can only be described as a master class in over acting. I'm vegetarian so the reek of ham from her performance made me feel rather nauseous. I'm totally baffled by the people who rate this 10 out of 10! I suspect they are written by bots or members of the Rachel Weisz fan club.

Beautifully acted, beautifully written, visually and audibly beautiful, beautifully experimental and innovative. This series was obviously a labour of love for everyone involved.

People like what they like; but it is sad to see such an accomplished piece of work so under-appreciated. It currently has a user rating of 6.4. Many lesser, run-of-the-mill, formulaic, unambitious, lazy productions earn higher user ratings than this. I see some reviewers rating this show with 1 and 2 stars. Not only is this ridiculously unjustifiable; but in today's climate (with production companies/streamers struggling financially), these kind of ratings will probably be interpreted as reasons to not take a chance on funding more ambitious, artistic projects such as this one.

I remember The White Lotus having similarly ridiculously low ratings after the first few episodes. Gladly, the critic's enthusiasm filtered through and the show became successful; resulting in further wonderful season(s)!

I just wish people would rate sensibly. It's fine if you don't like something, but it doesn't mean it deserves 1 star because it didn't hook you after 15 minutes. Either give productions a considered rating or don't rate at all!

I'm ranted out now!

Dead Ringers is a riveting, weird, shocking and delightful series. Beautiful TV. If you appreciate an artistic approach to TV production, you will love this.

Thank you to the writers, actors, production team and Amazon Prime.

It was just painful to watch the first two episodes, where practically nothing happens, nothing is explained, feels like random scenes put together without any meaning. It's boring, not fun at all. Amazon (Prime video) tagged this series with "Horror" which is misleading, since there is no horror,at least in the 1st and 2nd episode, but it's too boring to continue and wait for the "horror" elements to appear. Moreover, the whole universe in this series seems to be unreal and twisted, basically everyone seems to be a psycho with borderline or something, talking and making surreal and crazy things.