Three strangers bound by fate and haunted by love will cross paths and change each other's lives forever. Stars Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (AMORES PERROS) directs this staggeringly intense drama concerning three families whose lives fatefully intertwine through a series of tragic events. With jumbled chronology that jumps from one shocking event to the next in an increasingly chaotic maelstrom, 21 GRAMS is relentlessly gritty in its content and its aesthetics. The title refers to the amount of weight that a human body loses at the moment of death, but the story begs the question: How much is gained?
Paul (Sean Penn) has less than a month to live, stalled on the waiting list for a heart transplant, and his wife (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is determined to get pregnant with his child before it's too late. Meanwhile, Cristina (Naomi Watts) is a happy mother with a loving husband and two daughters but she loses her family in an instant to an unpredictable accident. Finally, Jack (Benicio Del Toro) is an ex-con and born-again Christian struggling to support his wife and two children while battling his own guilty conscience. When these three parties come together, explosively, they make each other behave in impulsive, violent, and destructive ways. 21 GRAMS takes viewers on a jolting journey through sickness, suffering, morality, revenge, and last but not least, the sometimes welcome peace of death.
Theatrical Release: November 21, 2003 (NY/LA)
This movie screened in October 2003 as part of the 41st New York Film Festival organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
21 Grams Reviews:
"[T]he film is a virtuoso accomplishment of construction and editing."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Inarritu remains primarily a poet of the visible world..."
-- Paul Julian Smith, Sight and Sound
"Watts and Del Toro - both Oscar-nominated for their roles - positively roar with restraint, while the lesser known Melissa Leo matches Benicio every step of the way..."
-- Kevin Harley, Total Film
"...Inarritu cements his reputation as a boldly talented filmmaker with his first English-language project, 21 GRAMS..."
-- David Rooney, Variety
"...It's a startlingly crafted movie, with several extraordinary performances..."
-- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"...The film is full of engagingly high-strung performances..."
-- Alissa Quart, Film Comment
"...There are few movie pleasures as satisfying as an actor soaring to meet the challenge of his or her gift. It's a pleasure that's delivered threefold in 21 GRAMS..."
-- Manohla Dargis, Los Angeles Times
"...That Inarritu shapes something redemptive out of blasted lives is proof that he is a filmmaker of rare and startling grace..."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"...[A] complex, time-fractured narrative....The most shattering performance comes from Naomi Watts..."
-- Stephen Farber, Movieline's Hollywood Life
"This is cinematic art in its highest form."-- Claudia Puig, USA Today
explosiva y absorvente una de las mejores actuaciones de sean pean y benicio del toro y en particular la mejor actuacion de naomi Submitted by ocis66 (san luis potosi mexico) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Openminded Cinema Superb cinema. If you are look for; touching narrative, detailed character analysis, fundamental query's into humanity/human nature... this is all here.
In putting all antiquated Ideolegies that seek to frame subjective experience in binary conceptions(i.e. black/white, holy/evil) aside, this is a movie for those who wish to question and realise.
In contrast to others whom have attempted through their reviews to push the twin fangs of guilt and shame into the necks of people as has been done to them. Submitted by Vladimir (Brisbane, QLD, AUS) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Nihilism The message of the movie is that there is no meaning in life. So if that would be true why watch this movie at all? If that is not true why would we believe somebody who is trying to convince us with violent language, sex and the like. So please don't waste your time on this film. Especially not if you believe that there is a God and we are responsabile beings. Submitted by barthaklara (Hungary) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
21 Grams, 21 Minutes After approximately 21 minutes I had had enough of this movie.
If this movie represents our society in any way, God help us.
The ending may have been better than the begining. I will never know. Submitted by Harry (Toledo, OH, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
Great Performances This is a great film. The editing is complex and brilliantly composed. The cast couldn't be more perfect. Everytime you watch this film, you will notice something new. Submitted by hillcypress5 (Wellingford, NY, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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