There's a lot of movies out there that try to be clever clever with their plot twists and it becomes very obvious that the people who wrote those twists must be shooting at a dart board in between doing lines and heavy drinking.
This is not that sort of movie. This script is smart, tight and very interesting to see unfold.
The plot vehicle of the schizophrenic sociopath being represented as a second actor is very effective, and the plot itself plays out very much like a chess match in high speed. Our character thinks 3 or 4 sometimes 5 moves ahead. I've seen lots of movies try to attempt what this movie achieves... and it's gold.
PLOT: The man of the year in an Oregon town has a little bit of a dark secret.. he has an addiction that he can't seem to give up, mainly due to his other personality egging him on.. he likes to... well..that would be telling now wouldn't it? Let's just say that his addiction is deadly, and he wants to stop.. his cry for help is answered, but does he really want to stop? He's not sure. Two side plots keep the action clicking along and the whole movie seems to pass very quickly as a result. This is one of the only movies you are going to see Dane Cook not looking and acting like he is bisexual overdosing on lip gloss and sad attempts to be cute to 13 year old girls.. his character is actually watchable for a change in Dane's usual acting style, what a relief that is. Demi Moore plays a cop and she looks as good as she did in St. Elmo's fire, and that's after kids.. she has one hell of a surgeon and a line on some good botox I guess, but however she does it, she still looks great and her role suits her.
If you love this movie as much as I did you will probably also like American Psycho and Clay Pigeons that carry some similar themes.
This is not that sort of movie. This script is smart, tight and very interesting to see unfold.
The plot vehicle of the schizophrenic sociopath being represented as a second actor is very effective, and the plot itself plays out very much like a chess match in high speed. Our character thinks 3 or 4 sometimes 5 moves ahead. I've seen lots of movies try to attempt what this movie achieves... and it's gold.
PLOT: The man of the year in an Oregon town has a little bit of a dark secret.. he has an addiction that he can't seem to give up, mainly due to his other personality egging him on.. he likes to... well..that would be telling now wouldn't it? Let's just say that his addiction is deadly, and he wants to stop.. his cry for help is answered, but does he really want to stop? He's not sure. Two side plots keep the action clicking along and the whole movie seems to pass very quickly as a result. This is one of the only movies you are going to see Dane Cook not looking and acting like he is bisexual overdosing on lip gloss and sad attempts to be cute to 13 year old girls.. his character is actually watchable for a change in Dane's usual acting style, what a relief that is. Demi Moore plays a cop and she looks as good as she did in St. Elmo's fire, and that's after kids.. she has one hell of a surgeon and a line on some good botox I guess, but however she does it, she still looks great and her role suits her.
If you love this movie as much as I did you will probably also like American Psycho and Clay Pigeons that carry some similar themes.