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Title: Cosmopolis (2012)
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| Robert Pattinson | ... | Eric Packer | |
| Sarah Gadon | ... | Elise Shifrin | |
| Paul Giamatti | ... | Benno Levin | |
| Kevin Durand | ... | Torval | |
| Abdul Ayoola | ... | Ibrahim Hamadou | |
| Juliette Binoche | ... | Didi Fancher | |
| Emily Hampshire | ... | Jane Melman | |
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Bob Bainborough | ... | Dr. Ingram |
| Samantha Morton | ... | Vija Kinsky | |
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Zeljko Kecojevic | ... | Danko |
| Jay Baruchel | ... | Shiner | |
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Philip Nozuka | ... | Michael Chin |
| Mathieu Amalric | ... | André Petrescu | |
| Patricia McKenzie | ... | Kendra Hays | |
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Ryan Kelly | ... | Rat Man #1 |
On the spur of the moment, twenty-eight year old Manhattan self-made multi-billionaire Eric Packer decides he wants to get a haircut from his regular and longtime barber across town, a difficult journey today if only because of the traffic gridlock from three high profile but vastly different events taking place in the borough, including a wandering anarchist protest, they who largely use dead rats as their symbol of protest. Through his trek, Eric, most taking place in his stretch limousine, meets with several business associates - some with as esoteric job titles as Head of Theory - and personal acquaintances, including his several week bride, Elise, a wealthy woman in her own right with who he still has a somewhat distant relationship if only because they don't really know each other. The start of Eric's day ends much differently than the end as his personal fortune largely hinges on external forces in relation to a speculative currency transaction, and as he learns that someone is... Written by Huggo
I recently saw this movie and loved it, I came onto to IMDb and was surprised to see it had some very unflattering reviews, I think that's because some people just didn't get it.
Yes the dialogue is contrived and strange, until you realise why.
The whole movie sounds like a poem because it is, the characters are inside out, instead of hearing their boasts we hear their thoughts and if you don't get that point, I can see how you would think this is a bad movie.
However when when you see the genius behind this creative device it all starts to make sense, thats why I'm giving this a decent score.
All in all the movie itself could be any other like it, the underlying theme rather wreaks of 'Collateral' but the turning of the whole movie into a poem and the way the characters introversions are extroverted, genius.
I liked it for that alone, it was a refreshing break from the staleness of forumlaic sensory diversion.
I didn't know it was a Cronenberg until I saw the credits at the end but when I saw that name, it made sense, he always had a thing for the weird and twisting the boundaries of perception.
In this he truly succeeded, even if the storyline itself doesn't stand up to scrutiny, the creativity of the concept has to be admired.