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| Robert Pattinson, look up! You're on the poster for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis |
A billionaire currency speculator drives around New York in his Lincoln limo and bangs women and talks about money, markets, reality and his prostate, while anarchists protest outside.
Cosmopolis, - the first novel by US writer Don DeLillo (Mao II (1992)) to be adapted onto the big screen, - is like listening to a group of philosophically inclined commerce students on drugs for almost two hours ...
One learns fast that plot is the last goal of the movie, which mostly takes place in the stretched vehicle and consists of a long row of prolonged conversations of speculative kinds. Big stars like Juliette Binoche enter the film shortly, - in her case mostly just to screw the uninteresting lead Robert Pattinson, which seems bizarre.
The gallery of characters is fundamentally very alienated and cerebrally concentrated, and no real emotions are engaged by watching Cosmopolis. Mostly, it seems ridiculous that all the characters wish to discuss philosophy - all the time.
The film instead seems like an invitation to read DeLillo's book, (which it is said to have adapted very loyally), - or to fall asleep.
Cosmopolis might very well be the worst film great Canadian director David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises (2007)) has ever done. It is extremely tiring.
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Watch the trailer that makes Cosmopolis seem interesting
Budget: 20.5 mil. $
Box office: 6 mil. $
= Huge flop
What do you think of Cosmopolis?
Is Robert Pattinson an actor worthy of the attention and roles he gets?
Why/why not?
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