A Different Man - Reviews

...an atmospheric, idiosyncratic thriller.

Adam Pearson shines in oddball Doppelganger parable.

Aaron Schimberg's third feature boasts a clever story and a strong trio of performances.

Much like life, once you get comfortable in the rhythm of A Different Man, Schimberg shoves you out of your seat and forces you to question what you thought you knew about yourself and those sitting next to you.

The film’s overarching dramatic irony leaves one to ponder the deliberately discomfiting question of whether it’s possible to extricate the experience of disability from the way spectators define its essence.

Sebastian Stan is wonderful in this unmissable exploration of beauty, artistry, and identity.

Come for the laughs, stay for the psychological trauma.

...a modern-day allegory that reminds us to be careful about what we wish for.

Addictively mad and unpredictable – and Sebastian Stan’s juiciest role yet.

Shot in Super 16mm by cinematographer Wyatt Garfield, “A Different Man” has the color and texture of a ‘70s New York indie, and the sly, absurdist humor of Woody Allen films from that era.

...offbeat and provocative, considers how a change of looks can alter one's identity.

In Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, the notion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder is excavated and complicated in a darkly hilarious satire about what it means to be attractive, inside and out.

...en filmisk citattemafest om identitet og normalitet.

...förmedlar många intressanta poänger, i en relativt charmig packetering...

Aaron Schimberg jonglerar riskabelt många teman och idéer i en mörk, bisarr och hela tiden överraskande historia, men har full kontroll och har gjort en av årets mest förtjusande originella filmer.