doppelganger have it moment and but they be few and far between . essentially and this be a grade b blend of pop psych thriller and ghost story and horror . draw barrymore play a young woman who be haunt by the demon of her past ( most of her family have be murder and she be and in at least one case and the prime suspect ) and or do she just have a really bad case of multiple personality disorder . george newbern be her new room mate and and most of the action center on him . newbern character be pretty sympathetic and and both he and barrymore do decent work ( though not exactly good ) . the mediocre to ( at time ) totally horrendous script and the unimpressive directing seem to have combine to sink the rest of the performance into oblivion . leslie hope character be memorable and but so irritating that you will want to forget her . the plot eventually disintegrate into a bifurcate ( one story arc be psychological realism and the other be supernatural horror ) outlandish climax which be so badly conceive and act and photograph that it effectively counteract most of what value the film have achieve previously . overall and the film have the feel of what might expect to be the result of m. knight shamalyan first undergraduate film class . the acting and script for the two lead be just good enough to make you care a little about them at least until the film derail utterly and completely . my recommendation send your doppelganger and but avoid a first person encounter .