"The Double" Dose Of Jesse Eisenberg Is Too Much To Endure

The Double (2013)

Rated R

Starring Jesse Eisenberg

Directed by Richard Ayoade

The Story:

Simon (Eisenberg) slaves away at a mundane job. He's timid, shy, and pretty much a doormat to the world. Now along comes James, he looks just like Simon, and is his complete opposite in every way, leading to great complications in Simon's life.

Bah.

Remember my 20 minute rule?

Well, by about 9 1/2 minutes in, I was ready to click this one off.

I held out until just shy of 14 minutes, then I could take it no longer.

I've seen "sinister" Eisenberg before: Lex Luthor.

We all know how well that turned out.

:)

What's shaping up to a be a poor man's "Fight Club" is just not entertaining.

At least that movie had 2 entertaining, charismatic leads.

Here, we're faced with a double dose of Eisenberg, that's just two too much.

Congratulations, here's the first "F" of the 2017 Turkey of the Year season.

Final Grade: F