"To say much more about " Twinless" beyond that premise would be to deprive audiences of the magnificently unexpected twists and turns that writer, director, and star James Sweeney has up his sleeves; his wicked, sharp-witted comedy is about grief and friendship but also something more shocking and peculiar. Suffice it to say that Twinless draws out of the dynamic between its lead characters an alternately endearing and unsettling look at the lengths we'll go to feel less agonizingly alone with ourselves."
"What keeps the film so addictively entertaining, as it so deftly executes a series of slippery, psychosexual reveals, are the darkly compelling lead turns from both Sweeney and Dylan O'Brien, who deliver two terrific performances as plausibly lived-in as they are entirely distinct. "Twinless"-in theaters Sept. 4 from Roadside Attractions-played at this year's Chicago Critics Film Festival, with Sweeney and O'Brien in attendance for a post-film Q&A."
Twinless follows two men who meet in a twin bereavement support group and form a friendship that teeters between mutual healing and toxic codependency. The story unfolds through sharp-witted, dark comedy and a series of slippery, psychosexual reveals that upend audience expectations. James Sweeney serves as writer, director, and star, supported by Dylan O'Brien; both performers deliver distinct, compelling portrayals. The film mines the dynamic between the leads for an alternately endearing and unsettling exploration of loneliness and identity. Twinless screened at the Chicago Critics Film Festival and later received a theatrical release from Roadside Attractions.
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