"If DeLillo talks a lot, that's his job: he's a writer. When Cronenberg movies talk - and the density of dialogue here has no mercy - they die sitting up, like a teacher at his desk."
"An airless and inert expression of a capitalist kingpin's odyssey across a threatening New York City."
zwar fresh, aber mit ner durchschnittswertung von 5,8 für die Tonne. Und Kritiker sind eh meist merkwürdig, sonst hätten Spencer/Hill Filme längst nen Oscar
Why does a grossly overpaid Hollywood person bother with portraying the (apparently eagerly awaited) downfall of capitalism? He has nothing of value to add. This movie was not even entertaining.
Why Robert Pattinson? Paul Giamatti: Why?
Regarding the plot, the movie is about Robert Pattinson who reads lines off que cards while driving a futuristic limousine. One after another his employees, who portray different parts of society, enter the limo and the discussion. Over the course of the next few hours, Pattinson loses his money, clothes, wife(some curious self portrait of the arts), security detail, and limo. In the final scene, the maimed Pattinson confronts his assassin for a lengthy dialogue. This scene should vibrate off the intensity. However, the camera is too sloppy and Pattinson is too incompetent. Giamatti tries but there is only so much one can do when faced with such adversity. Besides, as stated above, there is not much substance to the dialogue. The viewer is stunned and stoned by all the hints as to what the right interpretation should be. The clothes, the car, the excessive and repetitive dialogue sequences, and so on and so on. Cronenberg tries to make a masterpiece by force - and fails.
