Cosmopolis (2012) 5/10

Starring : Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Juliette Binoche, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand
Director : David Cronenberg
Running Time : 105 mins

Billionaire Eric Packer (Pattinson) travels through the streets of Manhattan in the back of his limo, on his way to a barber’s appointment. Along the way he meets up with a wide variety of people, kills his bodyguard, and organises a meeting with Benno Levin (Giamatti), a man who wants him dead.

This was so boring it’s hard to say where to begin. Pattinson is about as charismatic as a glass of water and manages to take a dull and directionless script and suck anything redeemable about it straight back out. The supporting cast, though adept, have nothing to play with here and basically meander through the movie doing nothing of consequence while making me want to go to sleep, although the closing scenes with Giamatti did help redeem the movie in a small way. It’s possible that the dullness of this movie is supposed to be a reflection on how capitalism has drained all the life out of the world, but the fact that this was completely missed by me proves that this is Cronenberg at his worst.

You’ll like this if you liked : Crash

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