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  Review by crousee ★★★★ 29

  "the substance" but for boys

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  Review by hudson ★★★★½ 14

  still the worst person in the world

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 14

  The Seb Stan-ce.

  One of my favorites of the year. Unbelievably funny and smart, really fun and clever script, unravels in a brilliant way. The camerawork and editing are so peculiar that you feel like they were done for a different movie until a few key moments clue you in to what's going on and then I really sunk into it. Not the first to say it's Charlie Kaufman-esque but I also felt like I was watching The Curse at times? Also very Frank Grimes, in how goofy and seemingly insane everyone in the world around the protagonist is until it becomes clear that he's the most insane one– which is maybe my favorite type of character dynamic in a movie. There's a brief few scenes where Stan is quite literally doing Heath Ledger's Joker and I couldn't stop cackling. Definitely gonna watch this again, immediately planning to watch Aaron Schimberg's other stuff, I loved loved loved it.

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★

  A caustically funny cosmic joke of a film about an insecure actor who finds a miracle cure for his facial disfigurement, only to be upstaged by a stranger who oozes self-confidence despite (still) having the exact same condition the main character had once allowed to hold him back, Aaron Schimberg’s ruthless and Escher-like “A Different Man” might have felt cruel if not for how cleverly it complicates its punchline.

  Are we supposed to be laughing at someone — someone who’s been treated like a monster for his entire adult life — just because they couldn’t resist the opportunity to shed their skin? Anyone familiar with Schimberg’s “Chained for Life,” which similarly defenestrated the notion of disabilities as “God’s mistakes,” already…

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  Review by jonathan fujii ★★★★ 9

  I didn’t think Sebastian Stan would end up being the most interesting actor outside the MCU but I’m glad for it

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  Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★

  Very fun, very Kaufman-esque. Adam Pearson radiates a blinding level of charisma and Sebastian Stan in the final scene of this movie specifically is the hottest I've seen a man look in a while

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  Review by ash ★★★★ 1

  *frantically googles ‘was that Sebastian Stan’s real penis’*

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  Review by zoë rose bryant ★★★½ 4

  crazy year for social satires centered around characters who undergo experimental treatments in an attempt to become a better version of themselves only to realize it’s not everything they expected and subsequently spiral out of control

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  Review by Julia Merolle ★★★★

  bro experienced impostor syndrome like 10 different times

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  Review by Delaney Vetter ★★★★★ 4

  Leave it to a John Wilkes Booth joke to knock me out of my seat

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  Review by noen ★★★★ 9

  Sebastian Stan the man you are.

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  Review by 24framesofnick ★★★★ 2

  Don’t dilute the medicinal value

  Darkly hilarious and intelligently crafted, A Different Man is a wonderful exploration of our annoying ass egotistical thoughts.

  From a brilliant dissection of how we treat those different than us to our innate desires to compete and compare; it’s a great showcase for representation and the meta discussion of how we view it.

  Performances are stellar. Adam Pearson steals every second which fits perfectly with how we are supposed to view him through Edward’s eyes.

  It’s also perfectly shot. Feeling like an anxiety filled almost voyeuristic stage production.

  A bit too slow towards its ending but I appreciate how it ties a neat little bow on the end