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Movie Review: Twin Falls Idaho (Polish)

It's your classic story of conjoined twins and a prostitute falling for each other. The movie captured my attention when I flipped on IFC one day, and kept me there until the end, which was kind of surprising. I think the movie did a fine job of making the characters sympathetic without being overly melodramatic. It also did a fine job of making sure some of the smaller details set up early on were paid off by the end of the story. I think its most admirable accomplishment is not using the gimmicky plot point (conjoined twins) in ways that seemed too manipulative. It kept a quiet tone, letting the story play out on its own, without trying to force you to feel a certain way too many times. Of course, the scene with people taking pictures through the cage-like bars of a fence was over the top. Not a great movie, but certainly enjoyable.