Synopsis: Two Siamese twins become rock stars. (Based on a novel by Brian Aldiss, 1st edition 1977.)
Appraisal: It's in the so-called faux-documentary style, ably done. There is a subplot about a third fetus which goes nowhere (is it more developed in the novel? it seems completely stupid...). The Ono-Lennon-McCartney affair is the basis for the Laura Ashworth subplot. Siamese twins have inspired a streak of recent films, this being the third one, as far as I know (Twin Falls Idaho and Stuck on You are the others). This theme adapts well to the rock-and-roll milieu, not just because the latter is a freak show, as the film's tagline implies, but primarily because the phenomenon of conjoined twins is fictionally construable as a metaphor for narcissism.
Rating: 54
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