two-hander
noun
1
: something that is done with both hands
Her tennis backhands are always two-handers.
2
: a play that is written to be performed by two actors
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American Gangster is Lucas’ story, but the film is a true two-hander, with Crowe’s obsessive performance as Roberts balancing out Denzel's Lucas, who moves through the criminal world quietly and with control.
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
There is much to mourn in this epic two-hander, which was inspired by the letters shared between terminal breast cancer patient Makiko Mayano and medical anthropologist Maho Isono, but few recent movies, or few movies at all, have been so rigorously insistent upon the reasons for hope.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026
Plot details remain unknown other than it being described as a two-hander rom-com.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
The setting for this two-hander is more abstract than usual for Hunter, who is one of the theater’s outstanding American realists.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
There is much to mourn in this epic two-hander, which was inspired by the letters shared between terminal breast cancer patient Makiko Mayano and medical anthropologist Maho Isono, but few recent movies, or few movies at all, have been so rigorously insistent upon the reasons for hope.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 May 2026
Plot details remain unknown other than it being described as a two-hander rom-com.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Two-hander.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two-hander. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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