Liked: How it embodies the spirit of Cronenberg without being a straight remake
Making the main characters women was an excellent if obvious way to ensure the Dead Ringers series would follow its own path. Six hours of streaming also allows for a much more expanded story. But the unique tone of Cronenberg’s original film—a blend of ghastly horror, gut-wrenching sorrow, the sinking realization that with great intellect can also come great madness, and blasts of weird humor—carries over. Though the series doesn’t follow every beat of the movie (and in fact diverges quite a bit at times), it still feels like an imaginative companion piece to what came before.
