The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Published June 11, 2022
Film info
- Title The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
- Director Tom Gormican
- Year 2022
- Run time 1hr 47m
- Genres Action, Comedy, Crime
- Tagline The most Nicolas Cage movie ever
In this wildly entertaining, action-packed comedy, Oscar winner Nicolas Cage plays... Nick Cage! Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalised version of Cage accepts a million-dollar offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take an unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and he must use his legendary acting skills, channeling his most iconic and beloved characters to become a real-life action hero.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 1:43 | First ever fight scene set to LeAnn Rhimes? (Note: turns out this was the Trisha Yearwood version, booooo.) |
| 4:20 | “Make more movie star choices.” |
| 7:24 | I love Sharon Horgan so much but I don’t see how they could ever have been a couple. |
| 15:26 | The about face agents can do is terrifying. |
| 20:09 | “I am Javi.” Oh man, you can see the cringe coming and it’s still awful! |
| 27:21 | “It’s impossible to be close to a 16-year-old.” |
| 29:15 | PADDINGTON 2! He’s not wrong. |
| 29:26 | “I cried through the entire thing, it made me want to be a better man.” |
| 39:12 | I love that this movie has turned into Johnny English. |
| 45:39 | “Divine inspiration. LSD.” |
| 55:09 | Why would you want to buy a statue of yourself?? |
| 1:00:30 | “Physically, he is tremendous, he will probably outlive us all.” |
| 1:15:18 | These two are ridiculously good together. |
| 1:29:16 | Loving this fortress, I gotta say. |
| 1:35:31 | Javi is so cute. |
| 1:36:49 | If Demi Moore plays you in the movie, that’s a good life. |
Thoughts
This movie is a riot. It’s meta in all the right ways, without that too smug feeling. It’s Nicolas Cage sending himself up whilst also retaining some dignity, which is a really difficult thing to do. The relationship, the chemistry, between Cage and Pascal is off the scale, I really could have watched those two running around the beautiful vistas forever.
I love Sharon Horgan and the way everyone got swept up into the action movie in a somewhat believable way. Also, obviously, it made me want to watch Paddington 2 again. Top marks all round.
Rating: 5 / 5