The couple discover that there are perfect clones of themselves at the getaway and the film shows the couples struggle to try and cope with what is happening. The couple eventually discover a house in the getaway that holds perfect clones of themselves, but they discover this by accident as Ethan stays in the house overnight as he has an argument with his Sophie, but Ethan wakes up to find his partner cooking him bacon, which he then states that his partner is a vegetarian and never cooks meat for him. This is where the film hints at her being a perfect clone. As the film continues the viewer is able to figure out that each of the clone is the opposites' ideal personification of their partner (hence why the clone cooked bacon for Ethan). The reason that this is inspiration to me is because of both of the actors' double performances and how natural the dialogue is, I believe that the story unfolds in a well-paced way and has the characters develop in a realistic manner.
The one thing that I think that this films lacks is sometimes subtlety; sometimes the film can be subtle, like having the clone of Sophie cook the real Ethan bacon as this is later reincorporated into the film. On the other hand however, the film can sometimes be too blatant about what it is trying to tell the viewer, as I believe that there are certain scenes which would not be necessary and would make the film much better overall. For example, there is a scene in which Ethan discovers voice recordings on a computer of two people trying (and eventually succeeding) to emulate Ethan's and Sophie's voices. I believe that the film would have been better off leaving this scene out of the film instead of being so blatant about it and having the character find out these things on a computer, which I believe is a somewhat lazy solution to tell the viewer something. The film did have to somehow tell the viewer that only two people could leave the getaway, be that the clones or the real people, but the film did that towards the end where they are blocked from leaving after Ethan and Sophie escape in a car. The film also has to show that the two people who are left on the getaway have to stay there and 'become' the next guests as the therapist who sends the people there learns every detail of their lives. So I believe that there was no reason to show this computer scene as the viewer would have been able to figure this out for themselves or at least would have been left questioning and intrigued by the film after it had ended.
Additionally, the actual ending of the film did not need to be in the film as it reveals way too much and answers any questions that the viewer would have had to ask. I believe that films can end on ambiguous scenes which leave the audience intrigued into the universe of the movie and be able to have discussions about the movie; but the ending of the moving is way too blatant in telling the viewer whether the clone of Sophie escaped with Ethan or not as the last scene has Sophie cooking Ethan bacon, clearly showing that it is the clone of Sophie instead, I believe that the film would have been a lot better had it been left on a more ambiguous note and not included the final scene.
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