For some reason or the other I was never able to get around to watching The Devil’s Double earlier. It did release nearly 4 weeks back and most people who saw it were raving about it. Lucky for me it did not get chucked out of the theatres in 2 weeks like most good movies do – disappointingly.
The Devil’s Double is the adaptation of several stories as told by Latif Yahia – the now well known body double of Uday Saddam Hussein. To what extent is it true, as claimed by Latif, one would never know. And I am quite certain that the world would like to take Latif Yahia’s version as the truth for now. Even if one were to watch The Devil’s Double as a fictional story, it would remain as powerful thanks to a simply stunning performance from Dominic Cooper who has done his chances for an Academy Award this year absolutely no harm whatsoever. Believe me, I had no idea who Dominic Cooper was before this movie. I would have definitely seen him in his previous movies such as Mamma Mia but I assure you the performance was forgettable. But the double role of Uday Hussein and Latif Yahia is one that audiences are not going to forget for a long time to come. Cooper shuttles between an insanely negative character of Uday – eccentric, sexaholic, murderer, power crazed, drug addict, alcoholic, simply put INSANE – and that of Latif Yahia who is the diametric opposite with what can be described only as “with consummate ease”.
There are only 2 ways, someone as un-noticed as Dominic Cooper could have pulled off this blinder. He is either an immensely talented actor who was waiting for the right role or he is a director’s actor. In this case, I would give Dominic the benefit of the doubt and attribute the success of the role to both him and Lee Tamahori whose direction was super solid to say the least. The use of the yellow / golden hue all throughout the movie just took the cinematography up a few notches. Matched with the intensity of the story line and the performances, the combination was too lethal.
This is Dominic Cooper’s movie for certain but the support cast of Ludivine Sagnier as Uday’s mistress Sarrab and Raad Rawi as his “caretaker” Munem were very good too. The only thing I would change about The Devil’s Double if I were given a chance today would be the language. This one would have been unbelievably stunning in Arabic with English subtitles. Definitely a must watch at the earliest. 8 on 10 for sure. One of the best movies released in India this year.
Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4213939481/
The Devil’s Double is the adaptation of several stories as told by Latif Yahia – the now well known body double of Uday Saddam Hussein. To what extent is it true, as claimed by Latif, one would never know. And I am quite certain that the world would like to take Latif Yahia’s version as the truth for now. Even if one were to watch The Devil’s Double as a fictional story, it would remain as powerful thanks to a simply stunning performance from Dominic Cooper who has done his chances for an Academy Award this year absolutely no harm whatsoever. Believe me, I had no idea who Dominic Cooper was before this movie. I would have definitely seen him in his previous movies such as Mamma Mia but I assure you the performance was forgettable. But the double role of Uday Hussein and Latif Yahia is one that audiences are not going to forget for a long time to come. Cooper shuttles between an insanely negative character of Uday – eccentric, sexaholic, murderer, power crazed, drug addict, alcoholic, simply put INSANE – and that of Latif Yahia who is the diametric opposite with what can be described only as “with consummate ease”.
There are only 2 ways, someone as un-noticed as Dominic Cooper could have pulled off this blinder. He is either an immensely talented actor who was waiting for the right role or he is a director’s actor. In this case, I would give Dominic the benefit of the doubt and attribute the success of the role to both him and Lee Tamahori whose direction was super solid to say the least. The use of the yellow / golden hue all throughout the movie just took the cinematography up a few notches. Matched with the intensity of the story line and the performances, the combination was too lethal.
This is Dominic Cooper’s movie for certain but the support cast of Ludivine Sagnier as Uday’s mistress Sarrab and Raad Rawi as his “caretaker” Munem were very good too. The only thing I would change about The Devil’s Double if I were given a chance today would be the language. This one would have been unbelievably stunning in Arabic with English subtitles. Definitely a must watch at the earliest. 8 on 10 for sure. One of the best movies released in India this year.
Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4213939481/
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