TWINLESS

In a Portland-shot and -set movie where nothing is quite what you think it is, filmmaker James Sweeney’s Twinless is the dark dramedy for our present moment. Starring Sweeney and Dylan O’Brien as two guys who meet at a support group for twins who have lost their siblings, it starts out down what seems a familiar path before swerving into a totally new one that’s as wholly unexpected as it is sharply written. What this entails must be kept under wraps, but let it suffice to say that this well-crafted film got the crowd talking at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for good reason. With each new development in what very nearly becomes a psychological thriller, Sweeney ratchets up the tension just as he dials up the emotional stakes, getting more than his fair share of laughs befo

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