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The Devil's Double

2011

Lee Tamahori

Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi, Philip Quast ...

5.9

2,323

Action. Drama Based on actual events, The Devil’s Double recounts the remarkable tale of Latif Yahia, an Iraqi army lieutenant who was summoned to Saddam Hussein’s palace in 1987 and ordered to become the fiday, or body double, of his notorious eldest son, Uday. Many of his countrymen might have considered this a great honor, but it was merely the beginning of a hellish nightmare for Latif. Under the constant threat of harm to his family, he had no ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A breakthrough star performance from a terrific actor, Dominic Cooper (...) The movie is one hot mess, but the dynamite Cooper makes it work (...) Rating: ★★★½"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	Excellent lead performance tops a vivid but one-dimensional look at the double for Saddam's satanic son.	NEU

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