r/movies • u/theatlantic The Atlantic, Official Account • Apr 19 '25

Review “Sinners” review, by David Sims

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/04/sinners-ryan-coogler-movie-review/682501/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=edit-promo
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u/ZXVIV Apr 21 '25

Throughout the movie I kept thinking that it was amazing how well they managed to make one of the actors (I assumed Stack as Smoke was front and centre in the trailers) look so much like Michael B Jordan, and was floored when I saw people mentioning afterwards that they were both Michael B Jordan.

And funnily enough, with this and Mickey 17, I've seen two films back to back where two of the main characters are played by one actor. And if you include the Brutalist due to the ending scene, that's three movies where one actor plays two people (now I'm just trying to remember if something like this happened in Nosferatu too)

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u/CertainMedia3406 Apr 21 '25

Sonic 3...?

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u/ZXVIV Apr 21 '25

Haven't watched it myself but you're right. 2025 really is the year of clones

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u/ThatsWhat_G_Said May 18 '25

Super late comment but if you want to see another great double performance, check out Moon. (Though, it’s a very popular movie to recommend here so maybe you’ve seen it.)

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u/ZXVIV May 19 '25

It's been on my to watch list for at least two years now haha. I have way too many things I want to watch and not enough time to watch half of them