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Twinless: A Bold and Twisty Dark Comedy That Redefines Grief and Friendship
James Sweeney’s Twinless is the kind of production that doesn’t just entertain—it takes you on a journey through uncharted sentimental and narrative region. Premiering at the 2025 Sundance Clip Festival, this clever dark comedy balances grief, identity, and the fragile connections we make in the wake of loss.
The story begins as a bromance between two grieving twinless brothers: Roman (Dylan O’Brien, delivering a career-defining double performance) and Dennis (played by Sweeney). Roman, reeling from the sudden deficit of his twin Rocky, finds solace in Dennis, whose own twin brother passed years earlier. Their shared grief leads to grocery shopping dates, late-night conversations, and even a road trip to a Kraken game in Seattle.
But just when you think you own the movie figured out, Sweeney flips the script—quite literally. Twinless transforms into a sharp, psychosexual narrative, drawing comparisons to the works of Almodóvar and De Palma. The film explores complex themes with humor and nuance, blending precise dialogue, expressive cinematography, and unexpected twists to preserve you
‘Twinless’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Is Outstanding in James Sweeney’s Humorous and Twisted Comedy
Writer-director James Sweeney is no stranger to novel concepts that walk a tonal and thematic tightrope. In his 2019 feature-length directorial debut, Straight Up, he starred as a young gay male so turned off by sex that he seeks a relationship with a woman, turning a silly and potentially retrograde setup into an anti-rom-com exploration of contemporary sexual identity, OCD, and the modern complexities of finding adoration. Sweeney brings the same keenly observational millennial eye to his sophomore highlight, Twinless, a bizarrely moving and darkly comic story about feeling like you’ve lost something you never had.
Twinless opens at a funeral, with the vertical Roman (Dylan O’Brien) and his mother (Lauran Graham) receiving mourners after the death of Roman’s twin brother, Rocky (also O’Brien). Struggling with the deficit of his other half, the timid Roman joins a bereavement support collective for siblings processing the death of a twin, and it’s there that he meets Denis (Sweeney), a quick-witted gay man who’s everything that Roman isn’t. Soon, the two strike up a friendship that helps in some s
Featuring Dylan O’Brien in his best role(s) to meet, Twinless finds a charming odd couple pairing between straight Roman and lgbtq+ Dennis — two men who meet at a support group for people who have lost their twin. A double prize winner at Sundance, James Sweeney's sophomore feature achieves a high-wire balancing perform of laugh-out-loud comedy and gut-punching sadness, with filmmaking and storytelling sophistication to boot.
As in his debut feature Straight Up, which had its world premiere at Frameline43, Sweeney displays a knack not just for smart, dizzying repartee but for capturing unconventional, thorny relationships that we don’t often see in cinema — somewhat unlikely gay/straight pairings that remain somewhere beyond friendship but outside of romance and sex. With notable supporting turns from Lauren Graham, François Arnaud (also seen in Fucktoys at Frameline49), Tasha Smith, and Aisling Franciosi in particular as Dennis’ coworker/possible ally/potential foil Marcie, Twinless cements Sweeney as one of gender non-conforming cinema’s most promising juvenile directors and O’Brien as a fearless acting compel of nature.
'Twinless’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Gives a Career-Best Performance in a Dramedy That’s Unafraid to Take Risks | Sundance 2025
I vividly keep in mind seeing Straight Up, James Sweeney’s first film, and thinking, “This guy has something special.” His specific comedic voice, the one-of-a-kind way he explored sexuality, and his willingness to lean into the messy all made for one of the most remembered films of Outfest in 2019. His sophomore film, Twinless, contains all those elements again to tell a very different but just as creatively bold story that will no doubt surface as one of my favorites of Sundance 2025.
What is ‘Twinless’ About?
Twinless begins with an image of a diner and the sound of a car wreck — two things that will become very essential and constantly recontextualized for the next 100 minutes. We adv learn that the crash killed the magnetic and intelligent Rocky (Dylan O’Brien) and that his twin Roman (also O’Brien) and his mother (Lauren Graham) are dealing with his death mostly by isolating and snapping at one another. After one such argument as the two are sorting through Rocky’s things, Roman’s mother