Cosmopolis

Name: Cosmopolis
Genre: Drama
Released: August 17, 2012
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon

2012

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Entertainment One | Release Date: August 17, 2012 | R

Starring: Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Amalric, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon

Summary: Unfolding in a single cataclysmic day, the story follows Eric Packer – a 28-year old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager – as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s old barber, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Packer’s luxe tripUnfolding in a single cataclysmic day, the story follows Eric Packer – a 28-year old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager – as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s old barber, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Packer’s luxe trip across the city quickly becomes dizzyingly hellish as he encounters explosive city riots, a parade of provocative visitors, and is thrust into a myriad of intimate encounters. Having started the day with everything, believing he is the future, Packer’s perfectly ordered, doubt-free world is about to implode. (Entertainment One)… Expand

Director: David Cronenberg

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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The Playlist Simon Abrams

Aug 15, 2012

Everything matters in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, but not everything is necessarily the same as DeLillo's book. And that makes the film, as a series of discussions about inter-related money-minded contradictions, insanely rich and maddeningly complex. We can't wait to rewatch it. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine David Ehrlich

Aug 15, 2012

It's Cronenberg's most willfully weird movie since "Spider," and it should prove a tough sell despite Pattinson's ample star power. Read full review

Peter Travers

Aug 16, 2012

This mesmerizing mind-bender ought to prove two things: (1) Robert Pattinson really can act; (2) Director David Cronenberg never runs from a challenge. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Aug 22, 2012

As a portrait of both man and society in exquisitely poised decline, it's harrowing, hilarious, and horrific in equal measure. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Aug 23, 2012

There's not really a movie there, nothing that sustains itself from scene to scene and nothing that's worth watching from beginning to end. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Aug 15, 2012

As Pattinson nears the bottom - both of his fortune, and to all appearances, his sanity - Cronenberg has to take the film somewhere, emptying out into a confrontation between Pattinson and a disgruntled former employee (Paul Giamatti) that never fully ties together all that's come before. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Aug 16, 2012

Sometimes, even a little gratuitous nudity can't save a movie. This is one of those occasions. Cosmopolis easily trumps "To Rome with Love" as the biggest disappointment of 2012 from an established director. Read full review

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MegWhiteley

Aug 17, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After watching Bel Ami, Robert Pattinson returns in this new Cronenberg movie with Cosmopolis, a movie that be based on the Don DeLilo's book. The story of Cosmopolis is the next, the billionare Eric Parker (Pattinson) rides slowly across Manhattan in his limousine that he uses as his office while on his way to his preferred barber, even though there are traffic jams. The development of the story is very interesting, have much impressive moments. The Pattinson's performance is really amazing, after we watch he on Water for Elephants, Remember Me and Bel Ami we watch that this is his best performance. The screenplay is great. Cosmopolis is an amazing movie.… Expand

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johnslegers

Jan 3, 2016

Robbie Collin of The Telegraph gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "It's a smart inversion of Cronenberg's 1999 film eXistenZ: rather than being umbilically connected to a virtual world, Packer is hermetically sealed off from the real one."

"Cosmopolis" is a movie about what itRobbie Collin of The Telegraph gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "It's a smart inversion of Cronenberg's 1999 film eXistenZ: rather than being umbilically connected to a virtual world, Packer is hermetically sealed off from the real one."

"Cosmopolis" is a movie about what it feels to be disconnected from the "real world". It's a movie about the nihilism, despair and boredom of those who're without a meaningful goal or purpose on their lives.

This movie isn't for everyone, though. The less you can relate to the disconnect of the movie, the more this movie will leave you disconnected as well.

One thing is almost guaranteed, though: this movie will make an impression. "Cosmopolis" is one of those movies people tend to either passionately love or passionately hate. It's one of these movies that either resonate throughout throughout your soul or fail to reach you at all.

If you like Cronenberg's movies, definitely check it out.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

Mahmus

Apr 29, 2022

After a while, the overly verbose dialogue stops being obnoxious and becomes gripping, all while Robert Pattinson delivers a fantastic performance.

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Stealthgear

Feb 24, 2013

This was a wooden movie. It did not excel in any criteria. The dialogue was interesting, but delivered poorly. Definitely something that wasn't edited enough. Its major flaw was how it was directed. The actors were Zombies. The set of the limo was an allegory, but it didn't help to connectThis was a wooden movie. It did not excel in any criteria. The dialogue was interesting, but delivered poorly. Definitely something that wasn't edited enough. Its major flaw was how it was directed. The actors were Zombies. The set of the limo was an allegory, but it didn't help to connect the viewers with concepts they were talking about. I don't see how anyone could follow this. Even in an abstract way it didn't work. The movie also turns rather violent and I don't think the point gets across to the viewer. This isn't as good as Cronenberg's previous films. This was a cheap movie with bad acting and a muddy or even boring plot.… Expand

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bmbigbang

Jan 3, 2013

i fell asleep 3 times watching this movie, i have never feel asleep watching any movies in my life, i mean i even watched blade 5 times but i still couldnt sleep while watching. the dialogues are by no means thought out properly. they are imitations and best attempts at genius conversations.i fell asleep 3 times watching this movie, i have never feel asleep watching any movies in my life, i mean i even watched blade 5 times but i still couldnt sleep while watching. the dialogues are by no means thought out properly. they are imitations and best attempts at genius conversations. sex comes up so much its just **** annoying, its like having a conversation with a bunch of 15 year olds. still cronenberg has the nerves to call batman an adolescence movie. FML!… Expand

1 of 3 users found this helpful12

Filmlayarlebar

Jun 11, 2013

This will be the first and the last time I watch David Cronenberg's film. One of the worst film I've ever seen! The dialogue is Horrible and really boring!!

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Ixtop

Mar 5, 2013

One of the worse movies I have seen recently. Watching it until the end was almost unbearable, especially the end of the movie when the dialogue reaches theatrical heights. I just learned that David Cronenberg, a director I normally like, wrote the script in 6 days and you can really feel itOne of the worse movies I have seen recently. Watching it until the end was almost unbearable, especially the end of the movie when the dialogue reaches theatrical heights. I just learned that David Cronenberg, a director I normally like, wrote the script in 6 days and you can really feel it watching the clinical, not only literary and theatrical, but wordy and boring film.… Expand

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