
On the spur of the moment, twenty-eight year old Manhattan self-made multi-billionaire Eric Packer decides he wants to get a haircut from his regular and longtime barber across town, a difficult journey today if only because of the traffic gridlock from three high profile but vastly different events taking place in the borough, including a wandering anarchist protest, they who largely use dead rats as their symbol of protest. Through his trek, Eric, most taking place in his s... (Full plot summary below)
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On the spur of the moment, twenty-eight year old Manhattan self-made multi-billionaire Eric Packer decides he wants to get a haircut from his regular and longtime barber across town, a difficult journey today if only because of the traffic gridlock from three high profile but vastly different events taking place in the borough, including a wandering anarchist protest, they who largely use dead rats as their symbol of protest. Through his trek, Eric, most taking place in his stretch limousine, meets with several business associates - some with as esoteric job titles as Head of Theory - and personal acquaintances, including his several week bride, Elise, a wealthy woman in her own right with who he still has a somewhat distant relationship if only because they don't really know each other. The start of Eric's day ends much differently than the end as his personal fortune largely hinges on external forces in relation to a speculative currency transaction, and as he learns that someone is trying to kill him, who and for what reason he does not know.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussA black comedy as dry and deadpan as a bleached skull. To this end, the movie opens with a sort of death's-head grin: an in-your-face closeup of the grille of a stretch limousine... |
| MSN MoviesGlenn KennyCosmopolis is almost certainly some kind of masterpiece, but I have to admit it's probably not for everyone. |
| Film4Catherine BrayAn extraordinary psychological and sensual immersion in the psychosis of capitalism with a brilliant performance from Robert Pattinson. |
| Jam! MoviesBruce KirklandAdopting a convincing American accent, Pattinson aces the role despite his panic attacks before the film starting shooting in Toronto. |
| San Francisco ExaminerJeffrey M. Anderson"Cosmopolis" is a deeply subversive, deeply intelligent movie for grown-ups. Brilliant. |
| eFilmCritic.comPeter SobczynskiCosmopolis is an investment that pays off enormous dividends. |
| The PlaylistSimon AbramsEverything matters in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, but not everything is necessarily the same as DeLillo's book. And that makes the film, as a series of discussions about inter-related money-minded contradictions, insanely rich and maddeningly complex. We can't wait to rewatch it. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloThe more abstract and overtly stylized Cosmopolis is, the more it thrills. |
| FangoriaChris AlexanderThis is vintage David Cronenberg, but an even more sophisticated, refined version. |
| Capital New YorkMichelle Orange... Cronenberg's Cosmopolis expresses something new and necessary about the book, which is to say about limits, the gaps in what can be known, both within and between us. |