21 Grams is the kind of "jigsaw puzzle, one piece at a time" movie that is extremely risky and confident, but might not always pay off. Luckily, 21 Grams' emotional payoff is one of the best I've ever seen. It carefully skips clichés of the genre, and tells its story with explosive acting and expertly crafted screenplay. It has round characters who are worth caring about, and an ending that is completely satisfying. This movie is very underrated, and director Alejandro González Iñárritu deserves much credit and praise for creating a well-meaning and powerful tale of redemption, loss, and sorrow.
Uprooted from their home soil, González Iñárritu and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga can't quite manage to make this gloomy, improbable stew of romance, film noir and pseudo-metaphysical speculation hang together.
As in his debut, Iñarritu presents another case that everything in life has its cause and effect. The trick of the intertwined stories through guilt and redemption is sustained and well with an absorbing plot and performances that linger long in the memory. To see in a lazy afternoon, without waste.
"Pues cuando ardió la pérdida, reverdecieron sus maizales", which translates to "For when the loss burned, their cornfields became green again" is the perfect dedication for this beautifully moving look at death and its effects on three previously unconnected people. From the masterful mind of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, this phenomenal film may truly be his magnum opus. A poetic and stirring look at death with truly breathtaking performances from Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, and Benicio del Toro, this film brought me to tears so many times, I lost count. The non-linear narrative can be a bit of a challenge, but when you see the whole thing, the power of it all truly brings you to your knees. The characters are brilliantly developed and express emotions and pain the way a real person would. Their writing is so strong that their pain becomes your pain as the film invokes a consistent feeling of empathy for all three of the characters, regardless of their transgressions and personal faults. 21 Grams is a stunning work that will leave you in ruins.
The movie is very dark but it's supposed to be. I think it is a good movie is just very slow and not too interesting for me. The acting is great and so is the music.
21 Grams could have been an excellent movie. Every character did their part. The problem is the director didn't put the scenes in order, making it hard to be fully engaged in the story.
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Middle America. Un ex malavitoso Jack Jordan torna a casa in macchina per la festa del suo compleanno. Troppo veloce in una curva investe e uccide un padre con le sue 2 bambine. Nonostante la sua sofferenza, Cristina concede il dono del cuore di suo marito. Il felice beneficiario di questo dono, Paul rinasce una seconda volta e si allontana da sua moglie per andare alla ricerca della donna che il suo nuovo cuore aveva amato fino all'incidente.
Film davvero brutto, che cerca invano, con la pioggia sul bagnaro, la lacrima dello spettatore ma qui tutto è sbagliato. La gestione dei tempi, la sceneggiatura. Non basta la grande recitazione degli attori protagonisti. Middle America. A former gangster Jack Jordan drives home for his birthday party. Too fast in a curve he hits and kills a father with his 2 girls. Despite her suffering, Cristina grants the gift of her husband's heart. The happy recipient of this gift, Paul is reborn a second time and turns away from his wife to go in search of the woman his new heart had loved until the accident.
Really bad film, which looks in vain, with the rain on the bathroom, the tear of the viewer but here everything is wrong. Time management, the script. The great acting of the leading actors is not enough.