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2012 |
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DRAMA
SCIENCE FICTION
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France/ Canada/ Portugal/ Italy |
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C |
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109 |
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A stupefying bore.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Canadian auteur David Cronenberg can make intelligent, accessible films, as proven by A History of Violence and Eastern Promises. But here comes his most tedious picture yet – worse even than M.Butterfly, which sent audiences to sleep in 1993.
I’ve seen Cosmopolis described as “horror sci-fi”, but its audience-grabbing potential could hardly be further away from Alien, or indeed Cronenberg’s grisly remake of The Fly.
This is an agonizingly pretentious, wordy account of a rich, vapid American (Robert Pattinson, pictured) crossing New York in a limo and having didactic encounters with various non-characters played by the likes of Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton and Paul Giamatti.
Based on a Don DeLillo novel, it’s suffused with generalised contempt for “Cyber-Capitalism”. Less a searing indictment than a bad-tempered, incomprehensible rant, it’s turgid enough to test the patience of Ken Loach.
The suicidally mannered performances reek of actorish self-regard. Devoid of meaning, dialogue that rings true or anything resembling plausible drama, this is the antithesis of entertainment.
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, Sarah Gadon 