TWINSANITY/ DOWNWARD TWIN

US, 2018, 86 minutes, Colour.
Karissa Strain, Katie Strain, Yves Bright, Angie Everhart, Thaddeus Shafer.
Directed by Buz Wallick.

Over the decades, many films, thrillers, about rival twins, good twin, bad twin. This is yet another in that genre.

Real-life twins, Karissa and Katie Strain, very difficult for the audience to tell which is which because they are so similar, have grown up with memories of their mother, have money as an inheritance, have set up a program for teaching yoga.

One of the sisters has a talent for business. The other wants to be more independent. There are difficulties, other yoga centres, plans for amalgamation.

However, the sisters encounter another teacher, are attracted to him. The sister who wants to be free, Celeste, leaves home with her part of the inheritance, teams up with him, falls in love with him – and all seems to go well. She seems to be the heroine of the film. The other sister, Leann, comes across as less personal, more practical, somewhat grasping.

While the film focuses on the lyrical aspects of Celeste enjoying her freedom as well is Leanne wanting to find her sister, in financial difficulties, as might be expected, Leanne turn out to be the more sane one, Celeste insane.

Ultimately, the two sisters fight, one going over a cliff – and, one of those twists, where Celeste assumes her sister’s identity…