The Identical (2014)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

To cut to the chase, this is an alternate life movie about Elvis. The star of the movie has a shocking resemblance to Elvis both physically & vocally. The music is fantastic ..... makes you want to get up & dance!! The production values are fine and Ray Liotta is, of course, always watchable in any movie. And I appreciated the fact they did an accurate (and respectful) view of Evangelical Christian life in years gone by. I found myself getting renewed and refreshed in my spirit as I viewed this picture. The star of the movie is seeking to find God's direction & purpose in his life thru his music ability. How he handles this journey thru life is one of the most spiritually satisfying times I've ever had in front of a DVD player. I was a bit disappointed in the last quarter of the film, but overall a very enjoyable movie. Rated PG, but no questionable material.

I was attracted to this title because I have long been fascinated with identical twins. Although "identical" genetically, some sets behave almost exactly the same while others are quite different. I am close friends with a set who look alike but are quite different in most ways and have taken, so far, quite different paths in life.This story plays on the concept of identical twins separated shortly after birth and growing up in different families but as adults are almost the same. There have been a number of studies over the years of such identical twins growing up quite differently but being almost the same as adults.It starts in the 1930s when the parents of the twins can't make it financially so give one of them for adoption by the local preacher and his wife who had just witnessed that they could not have children. Because this was an unusual action the parents pretended one of the two babies had died and held a funeral, even burying an empty box and installing a headstone.The boy grows up as Ryan Wade and his adopted father plans for him to follow the calling, become a minister. Even though Ryan goes to divinity school, his heart isn't in it, he drops out, works at blue collar jobs like delivery man or auto mechanic after his stint in the Army. Then he learns about famous singer, Drexel Hemsley, who looks exactly like him and sings the way he does (the same actor, a singer and Elvis impersonator plays both roles.) His own career gets kick-started when his wife encourages him to enter a Drexel "sing-alike" contest which he of course wins, then gets a manager and begins his own successful career, but only by impersonating the famous Drexel, who in fact is his brother.Ray Liotta overacts a bit as the preacher Reece Wade, but Ashley Judd is just right as the preacher's wife Louise Wade. The real life singer Blake Rayne, not an actor before this movie, plays Ryan Wade and Drexel Hemsley, but almost all the focus is on Ryan and his path to discover who he really is.I really like this movie, Rayne's acting style is pleasant and the story has a lot of meaning.SPOILERS: As Ryan's career as "The Identical" had taken off, Drexel's small plane crashed and he was killed. (This type of accident happened a number of times to real singers in the 1950s and 1960s.) Then Ryan's dad had a mild heart attack, in the process Ryan found a letter explaining who he really was. He had a short meeting with his birth father, now blind, at Drexel's gravesite, and later thanked his adopted father for all that he had done for him. His singing career continued.

The movie did not blow me out of the water, but it was a decent movie for the night. "The Identical" is an era film more than anything else - there's a broad sample of life back in the 1900s and it's pretty accurate. The twins are also a call back to Elvis, with a "what if someone (like Elvis) had a living twin who looked and sounded just like him?" There's a strong religious theme. The acting is mediocre. It's certainly kid-friendly, and unlike some movies no one is actually going to be in pain if they choose to watch it. It's an interesting enough story; but it breaks no molds and the music, story, and acting failed to bring any tears to my eyes or raise important questions. For me, the emphasis was placed too strongly on the "Identical's" identity issues,

I am a Christian that is very wary of faith based films because they are usually cheesy and badly done. The Identical is not your typical faith based film. While there is a preacher character and faith is discussed some, there is no preachy message and no altar calls in the movie. This is just a wholesome movie that was surprisingly good and is safe for the whole family. All my kids and my wife enjoyed the movie. My wife did say that the whole Elvis thing going on was a little weird, but at the same time it made the film interesting.I am disappointed that this film made so little money. It deserves to have been viewed more and to have made more money. I'm not sure if there was a lot of marketing for this film. Hopefully, it will have a greater life on Netflix and on DVD.