Benicio Del Toro, Carly Nahon, Charlotte Gainsbourg
A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician (Penn), a grieving mother (Watts) and a born-again ex-con (Del Toro).
DVD Release Date: March 16, 2004
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November 20, 2009''How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams...''
A freak accident brings together a critically ill mathematician (Penn), a grieving mother (Watts) and a born-again ex-con (Del Toro).
Sean Penn: Paul Rivers
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September 16, 200921 Grams has a get story and as well directed as it was, I hated the editing. It gave me a headache and ruined the film in my opinion!
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March 14, 2009Naomi Watts's performance of a lifetime ... Wow!
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November 5, 2008Not a particularly happy film. Perhaps not even all that rewarding. Clever, insightful, original and emotional but ultimately a thinking, bleeding soulless machine. Great performances all around.
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August 29, 2008"How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twenty-...( read more)
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October 28, 2009This movie was amazing. The storylines come together in a great way. It's intense, suspenseful, and has great actors. Definitely a must see!
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October 24, 2009Great performance from Benicio Del Toro & the rest of the crew good story & well directed fell the film was a little long though.
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October 19, 2009Film je u principu dobar, al ga je ono mixanje iliti od milja shuffle unistilo. Do pola filma nisam skontala ko pije a ko placa i onda jos onaj kraj... Precijenjeno.
Critic Reviews
May 3, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
December 26, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Challenges and provokes in unexpected ways. full review
November 29, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate
Is the strategy to make you work so hard to determine where you are in the timeline that you overlook what a dreary and conventional little soap opera this is? full review
November 28, 2003
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Though not depressing, because nothing this good is, the film is haunting -- a walk on the razor's edge between life and death. full review
November 26, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Watching it is a wrenching experience; the usual layers of distance between actors and audience are stripped away, and we not only watch their anguish, but become part of it. full review
November 20, 2003
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Unstintingly explores and exposes excruciating pain, raw grief, ruinous vengeance and life-affirming resilience, creating human portraits that are uncommonly exhilarating in their honesty. full review
November 20, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
You won't see more explosive acting this year. full review
November 18, 2003
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
Challenging, uncomfortable, and uniquely moving. full review
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January 7, 2009I just watched this movie thanks to Flixter and Hulu. Thanks guys!!
Guillermo Arriaga (screenwriter) explained the main reason behind the non-linear narrative of his and Inarritu's trilogy. He says, "just think about how you tell somebody what happened in your day or any other anecdote and you'll find your narrative is as fragmented or maybe even more as my screenplays. That's why people understand them with no difficulty: it's the way people tell their own stories everyday, starting in the middle, going back to the ending, going back to the beginning and then telling something that has nothing to do with the main theme and then going back to the middle. It's how people talk..."
Well, I have to say that regardless of whether or not he actually said this, it does explain something about this film, not enough, but something...
This movie is confusing, but not in or bc of the non-linear way in which the movie was told. It is confusing bc of the very reason why the director and the screenwriter chose to use loop de loop confusion within the continuity of the story which causes it be interesting, confusing, & obfuscating all at the same time. And that does take something away from the film. It could have been a lot better!
This movie was SUPERBLY acted!!! And if it didn't have the extremely superb acting this movie would have been perhaps the most confusing piece pf cinematic trash, ...perhaps in the history of all cinema!! -
July 26, 2007whoever says this movie is "confusing" or "artsy" or stuff like "I don't like non-linear films, they confuse me" and so and so, is stupid!!
This movie is not confusing AT ALL!
Guillermo Arriaga (screenwriter) explained the main reason behind the non-linear narrative of his and Inarritu's trilogy. He says, "just think about how you tell somebody what happened in your day or any other anecdote and you'll find your narrative is as fragmented or maybe even more as my screenplays. That's why people understand them with no difficulty: it's the way people tell their own stories everyday, starting in the middle, going back to the ending, going back to the beginning and then telling something that has nothing to do with the main theme and then going back to the middle. It's how people talk..."
genius!
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