"Twinless" could go in two possible directions. There is a real chance Jameseims' film Pins can become a kind of light a faulty fault comedy where one mistake leads to another and the problems continue to clutter. Or maybe it could be something darker and distorted, similar to this year Waydo Tim Robinson Flick "Friendship". Instead, Pinnius, who wrote, also directed co-stars in the film, trying to go through a trifle between and have it in both ways. It's not always successful, and there are times when the film doesn't seem to be one of his characters like, Ah, say, troublesome as is clear. And yet, "Twin" is also a funny, melancholic study of characters that boasts a great performance by Dylan O'Brien, delivering what is Probably the best thing in his career ever.

O'Brien is a novel that suddenly deals with the death of his identical twin, Rocky (O'Brien also must also play Rocky in a short, sexually filled retrospective, and the way Rocky makes him feel like a completely different person just strengthens him just how good he is here). The funeral for Rocky opening the film is as unpleasant as you can imagine, with Rocky friends comment that only watching Roman, who shares his dead brother's face, is surreal.

Roman is a rough man-kind man; You wouldn't call stupidtrue but you wouldn't call it sharpor. In his sadness it is not best in communicating his feelings, Roman begins to attend a support group for other people who have also lost twins to death. Here's a novel, she meets Dennis (Pinnius), and the two form a surprising friendship. Dennis is gay, as it was Rocky, and Roman sees a kind of relationship there. But there is more of his friendship than that, and soon Roman invites Dennis to go shopping with food just so that he doesn't have to go alone.

Now I have to go carefully. There is a twist - and twisted, in that - in a "twin" that should not be destroyed before you see it. All I will say is that it significantly changes the course and tone of the film and shows that Pins is not interested in making a generic indie Roma-com, he has something much darker and much more disturbing in mind. Unfortunately, while the swine script is sharp and clever, his performance is missing something.

Or maybe it just seems because O'Brien is so commander. Since Roman is not the most combustion of the characters, the actor uses a lot of body language here to convey what is happening in the mind of Roman, and performance ends up as pure thrilling. Dylan O'Brien, I owe you an apology. I wasn't really familiar with your game.

Also good is Aisling Fransos as Marcy, one of Dennis's associates, who falls for Roman, much about Dennis's anxiety. When we first meet Marcy, she looks dirty and dirt, like the type of Manic pixie dream girl In countless indie comedies. But then we realize that this is because we see Dennis's eyes and the more time we spend with her, the more realistic it becomes.

Sweeney gives Twinless a touch of style-this is not your typical comedy for points and shoots, but a movie that plays around by changing perspectives and corners to better convey the unpleasant head space, all in. At the same time, I can't say whether Pinja nails Dennis as a character. Does he play intentionally on intentional conj? Does the film bring great things to not write your message? Maybe but something feels a little off.

It also does not help that after his excellent initial setup, Twinless begins to rotate his wheels slightly. At some point there is only many places that the story can go, and of course, they are on a fairly predictable path. Repeatability is inserted and the scenes begin to feel like they are spinning.

Despite these problems, Guarners laughs as he is going in more and more absurd directions. And whenever the film was on the verge of losing me, O'Brien's stable, remarkable performance brought me back. He's really so good here, and honestly, that may be enough.

/Movie rating: 6 out of 10

"Twinless" opens in theaters on September 5, 2025.