''Doppelgänger Paul, or A Film About How Much I Hate Myself'' is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Dylan Akio Smith and Kris Elgstrand and released in 2011. The film stars

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as Karl, a lonely man who decides following a near-death experience that Paul ( Brad Dryborough) is his doppelgänger, even though the two men look nothing alike. Although Paul agrees to edit Karl's unpublished manuscript ''A Book About How Much I Hate Myself'', their burgeoning friendship is tested when he edits it in ways that Karl takes as an insult to his creativity; however, they must reunite to undertake a road trip to Portland,

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when the book is unexpectedly and inexplicably published several months later by a different pair of dissimilar doppelgängers whom neither man can recall having met. The film's cast also includes Arabella Bushnell,

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and Bronwen Smith. The film premiered at the

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, before going into commercial release in 2012.Peter Howell, "Bromance hits road, goes off rails". ''

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'', February 24, 2012.

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* 2011 films 2011 comedy films Canadian comedy road movies English-language Canadian films Films shot in British Columbia 2010s comedy road movies 2010s English-language films Films directed by Dylan Akio Smith 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub