Invasion

As a NY psychiatrist in the film The Invasion it would have been more reasonable if Nicole Kidman’s character had thought that the woman who believed her husband had been “replaced” had at least entertained the idea of Capgras – rather than just deciding to prescribe another medication. Capgras is a syndrome where people are replaced by “inexact duplicates” – they look like the person but they are slightly different = for example they may have a bigger nose, or different coloured hair. Of course, in The Invasion they usually look exactly the same and concentrate on trying to give you something to eat or drink (sometimes in not the most hygienic manners) but the good Dr wasn’t to know that at first. (Expect to see this very reminiscent of Invasion of the Body Snatchers flick at a Australian cinema near you sometime next month.)