“I like to think I’m pretty unique.”

Well, Simon, you are not. You are just a stalking, creepy, “nice guy” who obsesses over a co-worker. Luckily everything else about The Double is great.

This is Richard Ayoade’s (Moss from The IT Crowd) second long feature, after Submarine. This time he, alongside Avi Korine, adapted Dostoyevsky novel “The Double”, about a introvert government worker who suddenly meets and has to deal with a out-going, confident and cloned version of himself. Here, Jesse Eisenberg obviously plays both parts.

Eisenberg does a nice job. We all know how awkward and quiet he can be (Zombieland, Social Network) but also behave confidently and smoothly (Now You See Me). His character is obsessed with a co-worker, played by the always delightful Mia Wasikowksa.

But the audio-visual aspects of The Double triumph. Ayoade sets an industrial, dark tone to the sets, usually accompanied by very targeted and focused lightning. Just take the first scene, for instance, on the subway.

Keeping in mind the director’s comedy background, the movie is also very funny. The type of humor you usually find on a Charlie Kaufman script.

Despite the predictable and annoying plot developments, The Double is a very unique and interesting film, especially if you like eeriness.