A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.
The elements of tyranny, treachery and temptation are all there in one true-life package, but in the hands of director Lee Tamahori, The Devil's Double plays more like a melodrama than a docudrama.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
9 Aug 2011
rotten:
Even more tasteless than its main character's gold 'n' marble palace.
– Cath Clarke,
Time Out,
9 Aug 2011
fresh:
The hero of "The Devil's Double" may get upstaged by the villain, but that's not exactly bad news for star Dominic Cooper, since he plays both parts.
– Kerry Lengel,
Arizona Republic,
11 Aug 2011
fresh:
It is a ghastly, riveting, dazzling piece of work.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
17 Aug 2011
rotten:
Equally as offensive as the movie's smorgasbord of smut and violence is the lingering whiff of colonial-era orientalism, a Western predilection for regarding Eastern cultures as innately idle, lascivious, irrational, and thus ripe for intervention.