Harry Treadaway, Ken Russell, Luke Treadaway
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006
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Flixster Reviews (486)
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December 20, 2008Manages to overcome its freak show premise with a serious look at a conjoined twins' struggle with life.
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February 7, 2008I really like the music in this film, and the idea of conjoined-twin punk rockers is fairly unique to the faux-documentry genre. I wish there was a little more of a background story, it would have made for a deeper connection to the characters.
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January 17, 2008The worst ruination of an awesome premise since David Cronenberg's Crash. You couldn't make a more dull film on purpose.
Seriously, all I can remember about this movie is that it has conjoined twins in it, and you can see that from the front of the goddamn DVD case. Also, there'...( read more) -
November 23, 2006Realistic to impressive and sometimes grating effect, but what's the point?
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October 18, 2009Very disappointing. Almost deliberately gimmicky, the film is also too clever by half (if you'll pardon the pun). By mixing genres, styles and moods, the directors (whose previous film was the excellent documentary Lost In La Mancha) lose their way pretty quickly. I was never sur...( read more)
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October 10, 2009fucking beautiful film.
i think it's probably one the few films that i have seen taht truly made me think long and hard.
kudos to the treadway twins, this must have been incredibly difficult to portray. -
August 3, 2009Not bad, interesting little story but not one you'll want to re-watch. Some nice music mixed in.
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June 8, 2009This was a very well made movie. Completely real looking documentary style. Unfortunately, it wasn't that interesting. The idea seemed unique but the story got slow and predictable.
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January 31, 2009that movie gave me a pair of weeks of pure idiot joy. really love them both, really would like to touch the connection (is that a bit fetish?) no, really. WONDERFUL.
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January 19, 2009Excellent faux-documentary that uses original punk rock music as a backdrop, that helps propel the story in such a subtle way, as to just give a glimpse into the minds of the main characters.If you are a fan of both Hedwig AND Hard Core Logo (like me) you will probably love it. A...( read more)
Critic Reviews
August 4, 2006
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
July 28, 2006
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe, the duo who made the documentary Lost in La Mancha, turn the movie itself into a kind of conjoined twin: the silly and the grim are attached to each other at awk... full review
June 29, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Wields its carnival sideshow story about a Siamese twins-fronted '70s British glam band not for parodic silliness but, rather, for surprisingly tender, haunting melodrama. full review
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