How many times do we die? How much is gained? The weight of a chocolate bar. The weight of a hummingbird. Is that folklore about 21 grams true? I doubt it. How would we ever know? By having people die while on incredibly accurate scales? And what is Paul talking about anyway, the human soul? Does it weigh 21 grams? But the time scheme of Amores perros was coherent compared to this.
Shots in Amores occurred according to the sequence of events in the three plots. This film completely scrambles the time scheme. At any given moment you could be watching any point whatever in the three plots.
He wants us to see all of it, from beginning to end, at once, as if we were looking down at a map. Think about time for a moment no pun intended. Ordinarily we think of time as one-dimensional. Past, present, and future follow one another like a river flowing or like us walking a trail. In 21 Grams , time is two-dimensional, an area.
Think of it as a circle with the hit-and-run accident at the center and different timelines as diameters running through it for the different characters: Jack, Paul, Cristina, and Mary. Instead of one time, there is a different time path across that area for each character.
This is people-time instead of time-time. In the first minutes of 21 Grams , you are seeing both the last moments of these four plots and things that happened before the action in the movie began. And even after that, the film jumbles past, present, and future together.
How much did 21 grams weigh? Sign In. Play trailer Crime Drama Thriller. Director Alejandro G. Guillermo Arriaga. Top credits Director Alejandro G. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Photos Top cast Edit. Danny Huston Michael as Michael. Carly Nahon Cathy as Cathy. Claire Pakis Laura as Laura. Nick Nichols Boy as Boy. John Rubinstein Gynecologist as Gynecologist. Antef A. Harris Basketball Guy as Basketball Guy. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from until his death in In , he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism.
Rated R for language, sexuality, some violence and drug use. Benicio Del Toro as Jack. Naomi Watts as Christina. Charlotte Gainsbourg as Mary. Melissa Leo as Marianne. Sean Penn as Paul. Danny Huston as Michael. Paul Calderon as Brown. Clea Duvall as Claudia. Reviews 21 Grams. It's interesting to see the different ways in which the situations are resolved. Naomi Watts has seen her star ascend quickly in the past few years ever since she appeared in Mulholland Drive , and, with every new performance, it has increased in magnitude.
In terms of serious acting, this is easily her most impressive effort. Like Penn's and Del Toro's alter-egos, her character is forced to undergo several radical transformations. And it most definitely is not a glamorous role. There are scenes where she's strung out on drugs and looks like she hasn't bathed in weeks. Benicio Del Toro is no less impressive than either of his co-stars, although his part is arguably the least showy of the three main roles. Jack is a sincere man who undergoes a crisis of faith.
The key to Del Toro's portrayal is sincerity. Jack doesn't come across as a religious hypocrite. He's someone who genuinely believes what he preaches, and feels intense guilt whenever he strays from the path. Visually, the film is dark and grainy, with a desaturated palette of colors.
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