Robert Pattinson

Juliette Binoche

Sarah Gadon

Mathieu Amalric

Jay Baruchel

Kevin Durand

K'Naan

Emily Hampshire

Samantha Morton

Paul Giamatti

Patricia McKenzie

George Touliatos

Abdul Ayoola

Jadyn Wong

David Schaap

Philip Nozuka

Goûchy Boy

Željko Kecojević

Bob Bainborough

Warren Chow

Ryan Kelly

Nadeem Umar-Khitab

John Batkis

Saad Siddiqui

Anna Hardwick

Milton Barnes

Albert Gomez

Jonathan Seinen

Inessa Frantowski

Paul R.J. Elliot

Dorota Zajac

Sondra Treilhard

Justin Stephenson

Christina Cattle

Susan Nycz

Stephan Dupuis

Roland Heizinger

Chris Bridges

Catarina Sampaio

Ralph Thompson

Sam Eldridge

Jefferson Gonsalves

Barrett Axford

Robert Vigus

Judy Kuntz

Jasper Vrakking

Christopher Dean

John Todd

Sean Osadzuk

Paul Hamilton

Jon Hunter

Dan Wladyka

Michael Huschka

Ted Ovans

Gerrard Pace

Robert E. Cross

Doug Graham

Vendome Uhl

Mahendra Golay

Michael Kohne

Stefan Holmberg

Geoffrey Smith

Hubert Peddle

Jatinder Singh Manhas

Robert DaPrato

Gren-Erich Zwicker

Jonathan Acbard

Jason McGowan

Tara Dixit

Paul Dolgov

Brandon Prodger

Fabian MacDonald

Michael Williams

Wasim Ali

Riaz Patel

Jennifer MacDonald

Andrew Dininio

Jack Boem

Clive D'Oliveira

Mark DeSimone

Walter Gasparovic

Vishal S. Bendre

Ashlesh Kotangale

Robert Fayle

Don Parks

Anuva Natarajan Iyer

Juan de Santiago

Barb Benoit

Naomi Foakes

Chris Ross

Suresh Rohit

Anna Pacchioni

Kristy Blackwell

Andy Chan

Briana Nuttall

Mandy Au

Mike Borrett

Tamara Stone

Isabelle Julien

Tom Mayclim

Lee Hughes

Peter Armstrong

Trevor Pickard

Zameret Kleiman

Mary Juric

Nick Paulozza

Alison Schouten

Dave Muscat

Tovah Small

Sandy Pereira

Mark Thorp

Christopher Richards

Kevin Downer

David Cronenberg

Edouard Carmignac

David Breeze

Peter Suschitzky

Grégoire Melin

Paulo Branco

Denise Cronenberg

Gilles Corbeil

Ronald Sanders

Martin Katz

Deirdre Bowen

Joshu de Cartier

Howard Shore

Caitlin Cronenberg

Drama

Cosmopolis

Alfama Films

Prospero Pictures

Kinologic Films

France 2 Cinéma

Canada

France

I really enjoyed this Cronenberg film. Though my favourite films of his
are the incredible ones he did in my teens, during the 80's
('Videodrome', 'The Dead Zone' and 'The Fly' are nothing short of
outstanding, and works that no one else could have come up with), he's
really been thinking outside of the box for the past decade (even for a
consistently interesting creature such as he), and it's only been
recently, with both Sarah Polley and Denis Villeneuve emerging as vital
directors, that his ranking as the greatest Canadian director ever has
even had suitable competition for comparison.

I remembered when this came out, and I believe a critic from 'The Globe
and Mail' interviewed Cronenberg at its opening at Cannes, and he was
almost apologetic about using Pattinson. It sounded like he didn't want
to have to direct him. He made the excuse that he couldn't get funding
for his projects from North America anymore, which is a dirty rotten
shame, and had to go to Europe and Asia any time he wanted to make a
film in order to have it bankrolled, and the Japanese insisted on star
power to put moviegoers in the seats, and said there'd only be
financial backing if Cronenberg directed Pattinson. This was my first
experience watching the actor's work, and he did a fine job, no
problem. The supporting cast was strong, with many of my favourite
character actors of late, such as Paul Giamatti and Jay Baruchel. The
script, co-written by Cronenberg, was a strong statement about just how
out of touch the very rich are with the other 99% of us. I docked my
mark by 1/10 because I was pissed off that Cronenberg degraded one of
the finest actresses of our lifetime, Juliette Binoche here. I can't
even talk about it. It was as difficult for me to tolerate as Spike Lee
having Christopher Plummer call Jodie Foster something awful in the
otherwise excellent 'Inside Man'. Lee's off my Christmas card list for
sure this year, but Cronenberg being a fellow Canadian (I bet you
thought I was going to say white, hahaha), I'll be less angry. But he
better look over his shoulder if he tries something like THAT again. I
was THAT close to crossing HIM off my Christmas card list too...

I also remember from the time the film came out, an article and rating
on the film (I think it was 'The Globe and Mail' as well, and by the
same critic who had earlier interviewed him), saying that when he
watched it, he watched a few teenage girls leaving the theatre (most
probably because Pattinson was in it), saying it was the worst movie
they had ever seen. That's the only evidence you need that this is a
fine movie, well worth your time.

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