Jared Leto in MR. NOBODY Photos
Diane Kruger, Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody (top); Jaco van Dormael directs Thomas Byrne, who plays the 9-year-old Nobody of the title (bottom)
In Jaco van Dormael’s Mr. Nobody, an old (and I mean old) man — who claims he’s actually in his mid-30s — is about to face death in the not-too-distant future. This 21st-century Methuselah also happens to be both the last mortal on Earth and Jared Leto.
"Almost moving in its gonzo self-assuredness and take-no-prisoners narrative scope," writes Michael Koresky in indieWIRE, "—although with the nearly 140-minute running time, that could just be my exhaustion talking—Mr. Nobody is as ambitious as it is incoherent, an obvious labor of love that’s equal parts science-fiction, romance, and [...]
by Andre Soares | September 14, 2009
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Tags: Diane Kruger, Existentialist Drama, Jaco van Dormael, Jared Leto, Linh-Dan Pham, Mr. Nobody, Photos, Sarah Polley, Thomas Byrne
21 GRAMS – Sean Penn, Naomi Watts
21 Grams (2003)
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenplay: Guillermo Arriaga
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Danny Huston, Eddie Marsan, John Rubinstein
Shot in documentary-style, 21 Grams is a bleak, convoluted, and surprisingly powerful drama about three individuals linked to both one another and to the immediacy of death: Paul (Sean Penn) is a dying man in dire need of a heart transplant; Jack (Benicio Del Toro) is a born-again ex-con who has run over a father and his two daughters as they were crossing a street; and Cristina (Naomi Watts) is the woman whose family Jack has killed. (By the way, the film’s title refers to the alleged weight of a person’s soul. That figure came [...]
by Andre Soares | October 16, 2004
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Tags: 21 Grams, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Benicio del Toro, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Duncan MacDougall, Existentialist Drama, Film Reviews, Guillermo Arriaga, Melissa Leo, Naomi Watts, Oscar 2003, Oscar Movies, Psychological Drama, Rodrigo Prieto, Sean Penn, Three-Star Movies, Three-Star Oscar Nominees
