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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

2022

Tom Gormican

Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan ...

5.9

6,211

Action. Comedy A cash-strapped Nicolas Cage agrees to make a paid appearance at a billionaire super fan's birthday party, but is really an informant for the CIA since the billionaire fan is a drug kingpin and gets cast in a Tarantino movie.

	Author	Review
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"One of the funniest movies of the year — one that's not just for Cage fanatics"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A commercial comedy that has a delirious good time poking fun at Nicolas Cage, celebrating everything that makes him Nicolas Cage — and, in the end, actually becoming a Nicolas Cage movie"	POS
United States	Martin Tsai The Wrap	"Nicolas Cage Is Nicolas Cage in Meta-Comedy (...) The star’s thoughtfully self-parodying performance aside, this film seems more interested in inside-baseball fan service than anything else"	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Though not solely for superfans, it plays best for those who appreciate a hard-to-untangle knot of realness, fakeness, vanity, artistry, self-commentary and pure comedy"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Cage has already done a far more interesting postmodern film about the film business – Spike Jonze’s Adaptation (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"Cage delivers a crowd-pleasing triumph that reminds audiences that he’s always been — no matter the part, no matter the reviews — a star who makes the movies infinitely better just by being him."	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"Cage and Pascal together make an extremely delightful combo, one that holds [the film] afloat even when the plot and parody can become a bit perfunctory (...) [It] shows the dedication and greatness of Cage"	NEU
United States	Luke Y. Thompson AV Club	"Nicolas Cage rises to the Unbearable Weight of fan expectations (...) 'The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent' offers viewers a unique and welcome alternative: Nicolas Cage slipping himself a little tongue"	POS
United States	Alec Bojalad Den of Geek	"The love letter Nicolas Cage deserves (...) [It] is genuinely funny (...) 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' falls short in some meaningful areas (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Marya E. Gates rogerebert.com	"These fictional Cages offer the real Cage the space to marvel at his own mythmaking, the real impact he’s had on his fans, and a showcase to remind Hollywood of his range (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Adi Robertson The Verge	"It's an often fun but aimless action-comedy that diagnoses its own narrative issues instead of fixing them"	NEU
United States	Aurora Amidon Paste Magazine	"If you're a Cage superfan, then you're guaranteed to revel in the bounty of references to his filmography. But even if you're not, this is an emotional, engaging, funny, riveting film"	POS
United States	Rafael Motamayor Polygon	"The film becomes the same type of DTV action film it criticizes (...) The quieter, dedicated, movie-loving Cage stands out the most, and he's what makes the film a worthy addition to the Nic Cage mythos"	NEU
United States	Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"A raucous journey that'll leave you with a grin plastered on your face. Cage playing a version of himself makes for a unique meta-comedy (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Pete Hammond Deadline	"A wild and funny ride (...) This is first and foremost the Nicolas Cage show, and as both the past and present star that he is, Cage is perfect in the role of his life –literally"	POS
United States	John Fink The Film Stage	"As curious a creation as Cage himself (...) Despite minor quibbles over world-building, Cage fans in the right headspace may go wild (...) This meta-comedy knows exactly what it's doing"	NEU
United States	Alex Navarro IGN	"The real heart and soul of the picture is Cage's on-screen bromance with Pedro Pascal's Javi. Their chemistry carries the movie into far more memorable territory"	POS
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"Gormican never really does as much with his high-flying concept as he might. But Cage has a ball with his own myth-making"	NEU
United States	Jacob Hall SlashFilm	"When 'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' is good, it's really good, and the kind of gonzo project that has no right to exist"	POS
United States	Helen O'Hara Time Out	"You won't see coming is how heart-warming director Tom Gormican's film is (...) Pascal dances along an impossible line between glowingly sincere and impossibly sinister (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Mark Hanson Slant	"Despite this clever setup, Tom Gormican's film isn't the self-reflexive (...) It's downright delightful to see Cage act so comfortably in it (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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