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* SpidersAreScary: Spiders are a recurring theme, including the tarantulas in the beginning, the gigantic spider striding through a cityscape in a dream, a woman wearing a spidery mask in another dream, and [[spoiler:the enormous tarantula that replaces Helen in the end]].
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* SpidersAreScary: Spiders are a recurring theme, including the tarantulas in the beginning, the gigantic spider striding through a cityscape in a dream, a woman wearing with the head of a spidery mask spider in another dream, and [[spoiler:the enormous tarantula that replaces Helen in the end]].
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve, starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It is based on the novel ''Literature/TheDouble'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve, Denis Villeneuve, starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It is based on the novel ''Literature/TheDouble'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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* BedTrick: Adam and Anthony both impersonate each other, winding up having sex with the other's girlfriend/wife respectively.
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* BedTrick: Adam and Anthony both impersonate each other, thus winding up having sex with the other's girlfriend/wife respectively.
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* TheUnreveal: The exact nature of Adam/Anthony's being doubles is never explained.
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* Retraux: ''Where There's A Will, There's A Way'' has the visual style of a film from the 1960s, and appears to be set around that time as well. This is despite Anthony appearing in it.
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* Retraux: {{Retraux}}: ''Where There's A Will, There's A Way'' has the visual style of a film from the 1960s, and appears to be set around that time as well. This is despite Anthony appearing in it.
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* AnachronicOrder: Due to the ambiguous nature of the story, it's not clear whether the events are happening in the order we see them. This holds particularly true if Adam and Anthony are indeed the same person. Sequences that cut back and forth between them could not be happening concurrently as the editing implies.
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* {{UsefulNotes/Canada}}: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant spider.]]
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* RuleThirtyFour: The sex show that Adam (or Anthony) attends at the beginning of the film includes a woman in high heels about to step on a tarantula. This is a real fetish, called "crush."
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* SpidersAreScary: This film is '''not''' for arachnophobes.
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* SpidersAreScary: This film is '''not''' for arachnophobes.Spiders are a recurring theme, including the tarantulas in the beginning, the gigantic spider striding through a cityscape in a dream, a woman wearing a spidery mask in another dream, and [[spoiler:the enormous tarantula that replaces Helen in the end]].
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It is based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film directed by Creator/DenisVilleneuve, starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It is based on the novel ''The Double'' ''Literature/TheDouble'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It was is based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall.Creator/JakeGyllenhaal. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him and tracks the man down.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Where There's A Will, There's A Way''.
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* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their deaths]].
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* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is is. [[spoiler: leading This leads to both of their deaths]].
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* SpidersAreScary: This film is '''not''' for arachnophobes.
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from ''Slate''.[[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html]].
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* WordOfGod: The director says that the spiders seen from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]] symbolize femininity. What ''that'' in turn means, [[MindScrew however]]...
** Denis Villenueve has also gone on record to say that the film is "a documentary about Jake Gyllenhaal's subconscious". What '''''that''''' in turn means, [[VoodooShark however]]...
** Denis Villenueve has also gone on record to say that the film is "a documentary about Jake Gyllenhaal's subconscious". What '''''that''''' in turn means, [[VoodooShark however]]...
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** Denis Villenueve has also gone on record to say that the film is "a documentary about Jake Gyllenhaal's subconscious". What '''''that''''' in turn means, [[VoodooShark however]]...
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity.
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant spider]]
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* CanadaEh: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot.
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* AllJustADream: One popular interpretation of the film is that it takes place mostly in Adam's head, with Anthony being a symptom of his delusions.
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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: One popular interpretation of the film is that it takes place mostly in Adam's head, with Anthony being a symptom of his delusions.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2013 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
him and tracks the man down.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2014 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2014 2013 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie is, however, left unexplained.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie is, however, left unexplained.
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from ''Slate''.[[ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html]].
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from ''Slate''.[[ http://www.[[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html]].
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from [[''Slate http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html]].
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant spider.]]
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from [[''Slate ''Slate''.[[ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html]].
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giantspider.]]spider]]
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from [[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html''Slate'']].
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* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from [[http://www.[[''Slate http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html''Slate'']].html]].
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AllJustADream: One popular interpretation of the film is that it takes place mostly in Adam's head, with Anthony being a symptom of his delusions.
* FanWank: There are ''many'' theories about "what it all means." Here's the take from [[http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/14/enemy_movie_ending_explained_the_meaning_of_the_jake_gyllenhaal_and_denis.html''Slate'']].
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie, is, however, unexplained.
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their deaths]].
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their deaths]].
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* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie, movie is, however, unexplained.left unexplained.
* SeparatedAtBirth: {{Discussed}} as one possibility for Adam and Anthony's being doubles. Both Adam and Anthony's mother deny it, however (they also possess the same scar, something identical twins would not have, unless {{synchronization}} is in play).
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of theirdeaths]].deaths]].
* TheUnreveal: The exact nature of Adam/Anthony's being doubles is never revealed.
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* SeparatedAtBirth: {{Discussed}} as one possibility for Adam and Anthony's being doubles. Both Adam and Anthony's mother deny it, however (they also possess the same scar, something identical twins would not have, unless {{synchronization}} is in play).
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their
* TheUnreveal: The exact nature of Adam/Anthony's being doubles is never revealed.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2014 dramatic suspense thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a philosophy history professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
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* CanadaEh: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot.
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* CanadaEh: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot. plot.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant spider.]]
* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie, is, however, unexplained.
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Adam staring resignedly at a giant spider.]]
* RuleOfSymbolism: Spiders, from the beginning to [[GainaxEnding the end]]. WordOfGod says they symbolize femininity. What ''that'' means for the movie, is, however, unexplained.
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''Enemy'' is an eerie 2014 dramatic suspense film starring Jake Gyllenhall. It was based on the novel ''The Double'' by Jose Saramago, and concerns a philosophy professor named Adam Bell whose normal, quiet life takes a very strange turn after he watches a film featuring an actor who is an exact double of him.
* BedTrick: Adam and Anthony both impersonate each other, winding up having sex with the other's girlfriend/wife respectively.
* CanadaEh: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot.
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their deaths]].
* BedTrick: Adam and Anthony both impersonate each other, winding up having sex with the other's girlfriend/wife respectively.
* CanadaEh: The film is set in Toronto, Canada, but this is only revealed by a few signs and otherwise has no impact upon the plot.
* SpotTheImposter: Anthony's wife suspects briefly that Adam isn't her husband, but dismisses it. Adam's girlfriend, meanwhile, realizes who Anthony is [[spoiler: leading to both of their deaths]].
