| 21 Grams Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| You settle in to watch a film like "21 Grams" and
quickly realize that a movie like this strives to
make an impact through its visual presentation.
The images on screen are there to grab us, to
hold us fast, and to tell us that this film has
something...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 4/4) |
| It is difficult to explain why "21 Grams" works so powerfully. One can say it
is the unconventional structure which, in hindsight, is not as unconventional
as we might think. Others may say it is the stellar acting turns by most of the
cast. I would say...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Dragan Antulov (Rating: 8/10) |
| We live in cynical and ultra-materialistic age. When the author of this
review heard about the title of 21 GRAMS, 2003 drama directed by
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, he thought of it as just another film
dealing with realities of drug addiction in the...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Andy Keast (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| 21 Grams: ***1/2 out of ****
Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga.
Starring Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Melissa Leo, Clea Duvall, and Danny Huston. more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| Alejandro González Iñárritu's first film, the Spanish-language "Amores
Perros" ("Love's a Bitch") featured three intricately woven storylines
revolving
around a fatal car crash. His English-language debut, the electrifying "21
Grams," also features...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4.5/5) |
| As one of my companions wisely noted, it takes a village to watch
this movie. This is not a film for a passive movie watcher - the
first 40 minutes is very demanding in terms of puzzling out the
narrative. Structurally, it's like each scene was...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Matt Noller (Rating: 4/4) |
| Picture that you are holding a beautiful vase in your hands. Examine the
pattern on the outside of the vase, feel it, weigh it in your hands. Now
imagine that you throw the vase against a wall as hard as you can, letting
it shatter onto the floor. Now...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper (Rating: 7/10) |
| CAPSULE: This is an intense (if somewhat
melodramatic) story told in a chronologically
shuffled order. Sean Penn plays a college
professor who receives a heart transplant and
feels compelled to become involved with the widow...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "21 Grams" (Focus Features)
In his first English-language film, acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro
Gonzales Inarritu ("Amores Perros") once again explores the spiritual meaning
of living and dying in this drama of three...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| Amores Perros, Alejandro González Iñárritu's stunning debut, was as
groundbreaking, devastating, auspicious and from as far out of left field as
Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. His equally impressive follow-up, 21 Grams, is
nearly as accomplished as Pulp...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: B) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: B
Focus Features
Directed by: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Written by: Guillermo Arriaga
Cast: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte
Gainsbourg, Danny Huston, Clea DuVall, Marc Musso, David
Chattam,...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B+) |
| A man (Sean Penn, "Mystic River") quietly smokes and regards his lover's (Naomi
Watts, "The Ring") bare back. Heavily tattooed ex-con Jack (Benicio Del Toro,
"The Hunted") tries to get through to a rebellious kid at a Catholic center.
Scenes like...more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| "What am I doing in this pre-corpse club?" Paul (Sean Penn) thinks to himself
in voice-over. As he looks around his hospital room, his fellow patients are
all tubed up, wired up and looking over their shoulders for the Grim Reaper's
arrival. more |
| 21 Grams Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10) |
| PLOT:
The lives of three perfect strangers are changed forever after a car accident
connects them in a very deep way. Consider the college professor with the bum
heart and clingy wife, the ex-drug addict with a wonderful husband and two cute
kids, and...more |
