The Double

And thus completes my Trilogy Of The Weird..

This is Richard Ayoades second directorial effort and after the excellent 'Submarine' I was kinda looking forward to it.. 

Quick synopsis, just to fill you in.. Jesse Eisenberg plays Simon James, an office worker (for want of a better description) who's mundane life if thrown into chaos buy the arrival of James Simon (Jesse Eisenburg). 

The film was set in a time that you couldn't quite put your finger on.. Definitely pre-digital, the tv's were small and the phones were bake-o-lite.  It was quirky in a Wes Anderson way, with particular attention paid to the small details. Jesse Eisenberg hasn't been this interesting since 'The Social Network' and puts in a very good performance has himself and his doppelgänger.. Mia Wasikowska is appealing as the love interest and most of Ayoades chums turn up in cameos.  Including Chris Morris, Chris O'Dowd the two leads from Submarine and the excellent Paddie Constantine..

I loved it. I laughed consistently and was equally enthralled by the whole of Ayoades world he created.

Overall another weird one but a deserving ****.