"Critics and audiences have swooned over Twinless for its sardonic humour and sharp directorial viewpoint, landing it with a 97 per cent approval rating on film rating site Rotten Tomatoes. Sweeney, overjoyed in the audience with his family at Sundance's Eccles Theatre for the premiere, watched "every beat land and get laughs and gasps. You could hear the tears. Everything I was hoping would work was working," he says. "It was a peak moment for me.""
"Despite the praise, there have been tougher moments. For starters, the road to Twinless has been exceptionally long; a first draft was written in 2015, and casting took place in 2020, yet 100 financiers turned it down for various reasons, including the apparent unlikeability of Sweeney's character Dennis. He's a gay man who falls somewhere between "lonely", "extremely complicated" and "reprehensible demon twink", depending on which Redditor you ask. "Yeah," Sweeney grins. "We had a test screening card that was like, 'Dennis is evil.'""
Twinless blends psychosexual thriller, black comedy and familial drama around Dennis, a complicated gay man who attends a grief counselling group for bereaved twins. Dennis meets Roman, whose twin Rocky died in an accident; Dylan O'Brien plays both Rocky and Roman. James Sweeney wrote, directed, produced and stars in the film. The first draft was written in 2015 and casting occurred in 2020, but about 100 financiers rejected the project, some citing Dennis's unlikeability. The film premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January 2025 and won the Audience Award, earning strong critical praise and a 97% Rotten Tomatoes approval rating.
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