Losing someone close can feel like losing a part of yourself. Now, imagine what that loss is like for someone who has an identical twin, and loses the sibling they've known since they were in utero.
The film Twinless is a meditation on that grief through two main characters: Roman (played by Dylan O'Brien) and Dennis (played by James Sweeney).
Roman is straight, and his twin, Rocky, was gay. Dennis is gay; the twin brother he lost was straight. Rocky, a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy from Moscow, Idaho, and the wryly funny Dennis meet at a support group for twins left behind, and their banter is instantly awkward and funny.
The two form a deeply complex friendship that eventually unravels as the emotionally jarring twist that brought them together is revealed. Stars Dylan O'Brien and J