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Good movie but confusing


I am watching it onNetflix. I don't understand that no one realizes James and Simon could be twins. Mia's character does not seem to notice. The guy from the Princess Bride does not notice. They act like Simon and James are different people? Bly Simon and James nj now they look alike. Unless this is like Tyler Durton in fight club all over again.

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While Simon and James are physical copies of each other, I think the director used them being identical to drive the point that Simon is invisible to everyone else, or at least no one really cares whether he is there or not. While everyone notices James, and seems to gravitate towards him, Simon is left isolated and slowly disappearing up until the point when he is literally deleted from "the system" and told that he doesn't exist.

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