DR is about twin brothers (played by
Jeremy Irons in a bravura performance which is unofficially considered the reason he was given the Best Actor at the Oscars for
Reversal of Fortunes, Cronenberg's film being somewhat edgy for the Academy) who are gynecologists and who are inextricably linked to each other in more ways than they realize. They stand in for each other on various occasion, and carry out affairs in tandem.
Trouble occurs when one of them falls in love with a client. Therein begins a saga of emotional chaos and self-destruction that will...see the film for the rest
