Storyline
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
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Cast
David Gordon Green, Mario Perez, Mario Perez, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicolas Cage, Demi Moore, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Paco León, Eli Jane, Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Lily Mo Sheen, Alessandra Mastronardi, Cesare Taurasi, Caroline Boulton, Björn Freiberg, Nicholas Wittman, Jaime Ordóñez, Joanna Bobin, Jacob Scipio, Anna MacDonald, Luke McQueen, Katrin Vankova, Enrique Martínez, Manuel Tallafé, László Szívós, Ricard Balada, Rebecca Finch, Jackson Serafim, Jesus Armando Campos Flores, Christine Grace Szarkó, Paula Parducz, Tamás Buza, Francisco Grey, Kristian Flores
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Reviews
91
Though movie references and Cage quotes abound, there’s something for everyone in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. It’s one of the funniest movies of the year.
88
Filled with easter eggs for fans of any facet of Cage's career, the filmmakers don’t place a judgment on which of his films have the most value, understanding that a favorite film is intimate and personal, and that what matters is that it does resonate on some level.
83
In Gormican’s uproarious The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, 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.
80
It’s 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, which turns out to be both a cheesy thing and a special thing.
78
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 (though you will become one after this movie), this is an emotional, engaging, funny, riveting film.
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