El peso del talento
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Director:
Tom GormicanCámara:
Nigel BluckMúsica:
Mark IshamReparto:
Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris, Ike Barinholtz, Jacob Scipio, Alessandra Mastronardi, Paco León (más)Streaming (3)
Sinopsis(1)
La versión ficticia de Nicolas Cage es un actor sin blanca que se ve obligado a aceptar una oferta de un millón de dólares para asistir al cumpleaños de un excéntrico multimillonario (Pedro Pascal), muy fan de su trabajo. Pero la situación da un giro inesperado cuando Cage es reclutado por una agente de la CIA (Tiffany Haddish) y obligado a estar a la altura de su propia leyenda para salvarse a sí mismo y a sus seres queridos. Con una carrera construida para este preciso momento, el actor ganador de premios debe asumir el papel de su vida: Nicolas Cage. (Diamond Films España)
(más)Reseñas (8)
Un agradable divertimento con algunos buenos momentos y referencias a otras películas, pero también con momentos sordos y muchos clichés, incluidos los más trillados del cine familiar de Hollywood. Nic Cage se lo pasa en grande (¿y por qué no?) y Pedro Pascal es aún más interesante aquí como actor.
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Supongo que muchos de nosotros imaginábamos que la película sería mucho más loca por la sinopsis de lo que acabó siendo. Lo más destacado son, por supuesto, las metaescenas que tratan sobre la filmografía de Nicolas y los recuerdos de sus obras, o en las que el Cage actual discute con su yo más joven, que es una idea realmente brillante y brillantemente realizada en una película que, por lo demás, no es del todo imaginativa. A fin de cuentas, se trata de una entretenida película para relajar que no tiene prácticamente nada que ofender, pero después de los grandes elogios que acompañaron inicialmente a esta película, mis expectativas eran un poco más altas.
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All in all, a pretty traditional action buddy comedy; I’m actually a bit surprised at how ordinary it is. Based on the title, the familiarity with Nicolas Cage's choice of roles over the last decade, and the fact that it was supposed to be an action film starring Nicolas Cage, one would have expected a different kind of romp. The movie does have a meta level, but what movie doesn’t these days? Seven out of ten. It was fun, but I probably won’t remember it.
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Exactly as expected. Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage is so delightfully offbeat and grounded that you can’t help but love it.
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Nick Fuckin’ Cage is back! The 90's star actor hasn't made anything decent in years, he's found himself in B horror films a bit, which suits him better than the C actioners made by Willis, Gibson and other former stars. But this is a very enjoyable film where Cage plays himself, makes fun of himself and alludes to the shit he's bee making over the years. The film itself is nothing special. The story is simple, the action is mediocre and the humor is fine at times, but not as much as the premise calls for. But the feel good vibes, the joy of making movies, all the movie references to Cage's works (they're top notch) and starring again after a long time in a movie that isn't cheap crap is the best part of it all. I enjoyed Cage's relationship with Pedro Pascal, who also has a very interesting role; both of them give decent performances and bring out the best in each other. I enjoyed the allusion to the Agent Nicolas Cage sketch, those who have seen it will understand and that's what the film builds on. I should probably catch up with Paddington 2 in the near future ! Anyone who likes Nicolas should pay attention to this. 7/10.
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Tolerable lightness of wasted potential... It’s a meta that reaches for higher levels of genre clichés but only glances at the fun and cleverness. Rather than a reflection of a faded Hollywood diva, it feels more like a subtle glimpse of her through a fan’s lens. Nicolas Cage, for years facing creative death, tries to prove that the wildness in his heart hasn’t disappeared. I don’t deny him that, but it seems to me that his average decision time on whether to take a role is around 60 seconds.
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Or when your better half wants to watch a film because of a Facebook menu. Excellent meta silliness, finally a role tailor-made for Nicolas Cage and incredible fun on top of that. The genre progression from human drama to action comedy is quite unexpected, but it works – the film has a bit of everything. Pedro Pascal is excellent and, as Cage's number one fan, totally believable even in the most absurd situations. The line with the daughter hits the right nerve. Will the little one like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as much as I do?
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A film where Nicolas Cage plays Nicolas Cage, playing Nicolas Cage in films starring Nicolas Cage. As moronic as that sounds, and as bad movies Cage has been making for the last ten years (and bad is probably an understatement), here he is perhaps a completely different person, and the whole movie scores! I was expecting the usual B-movie dreck, but this one succeeds. The story of a burnt-out actor who accidentally gets caught up in a CIA operation and has to spy on a cartel leader from up close and personal, but becomes too close to him and they gradually hit it off. It couldn’t be more clichéd and the film doesn't exactly reek of originality either, but it’s a feel-good buddy comedy with atypical and rather dry humour, and the whole thing evokes almost a parody of Cage himself (the shrine with his pillow, his memes and posters, references to his films...) and that's what the film reaps all the credit for. It's not afraid to make an ass of itself, it manages to create a slight tension at times, to entertain and to completely lighten the whole viewing experience, until you don’t really care that it has its flaws and just enjoy it and laugh at the occasional absurdity of the situation, and basically the whole film. I was expecting crap, I got a great comedy that defies all the established standards and is its own thing, but manages to captivate. Fun stuff.
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