There are two Robert Pattinsons in Mickey 17—one sweet and dopey, one sullen and sharp, each the other’s distorted mirror image. They’re both clones hatched as part of a futuristic experiment designed to literalize the concept of “human resources”; the spaceship they call home is crawling with hundreds of would-be colonists, but it’s still not big enough for the both of them. Gradually, the pair’s rivalry deepens into something like mutual respect and care. It’s important to learn how to live with oneself.
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