- Release Date: 2003
- Runtime: 124 min
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon ... see all
- Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Plot: This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and... Read more
User Reviews
This movie hits you at all levels...
Dec 19, 2008
darryl_mendoza - yahoo.com
Dec 19, 2008darryl_mendoza - yahoo.com
If youre looking for a thinker movie, this definitely should be on your list. The director does a great job at developing the storyline without giving anything away. By the end of the movie, the ending catches you off guard so... Full review
Good Story, Good Message
Sep 17, 2008
QueenNae99 - yahoo.com
Sep 17, 2008QueenNae99 - yahoo.com
Good Story, good message, bad story-telling. I usually like movies that time hop, but this was so oddly out of sequence that I ended up playing the dvd back and forward to make since of it. I thought it was a... Full review
Pretty Good
Apr 21, 2008
leija_90 - yahoo.com
Apr 21, 2008leija_90 - yahoo.com
I have to say that the acting in this movie was very good from all the actors. I wish that the scenes weren't split and just thrown on the screen in an odd order but it's different and it wasn't bad... Full review
Poor Direction or Production
Apr 13, 2008
frizz_eyed - yahoo.com
Apr 13, 2008frizz_eyed - yahoo.com
I swear it was quite trying to figure out weather many scenes were shots from the present or the past of the plot line. I feel the story really suffered requiring this extra effort of the viewer to figure what time... Full review
A good plot, just bad story development
Feb 29, 2008
darthgrader - yahoo.com
Feb 29, 2008darthgrader - yahoo.com
I don't hate this movie, just wish someone else would have directed it. It movie along too slowly for my taste, and by the time it really got going i really didn't care anymore... Full review
Fit the puzzle
Nov 23, 2007
thefob86 - yahoo.com
Nov 23, 2007thefob86 - yahoo.com
Innaritu's film was a pile of puzzle pieces and it was up to you to fit them all together. In the beginning, it is a bit challenging since you don't know too much of the story, but he makes sure to... Full review
boring pertentious and overblown
Jul 21, 2007
guaif1 - yahoo.com
Jul 21, 2007guaif1 - yahoo.com
it was sean penn's worst performance; his last act before his pretentious monologue made no sense at all; in fact a lot of story made no sense; the film makers tried to cover it up by threading several story-lines, which made... Full review
21 Grams
Jul 09, 2007
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Jul 09, 2007tburke85 - yahoo.com
21 Grams was a very unique movie that I liked. I thought the cast including Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, and Namoi Watts all did an excellent job.... Full review
One of those!
May 04, 2007
maryam.pakdaman - yahoo.com
May 04, 2007maryam.pakdaman - yahoo.com
One of those movies which I like it too much and very best editing, but a little taking long. This movie was like "Crash" and generally I like kind a movies. I recommend this movie to whom they are ivolved with... Full review
Why?
Nov 11, 2006
psycho8kid - yahoo.com
Nov 11, 2006psycho8kid - yahoo.com
Why didn't Naomi take home the Oscar that year. This was probably the best performance ever delivered from Watts. Though the plot was clouded, I absolutely loved the style inwhich it is directed and written to be a complexed, rich, and... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Aug 19, 2008Urban Cinefile
When we die, according to the final sentences of narration, we all lose exactly 21 grams.
And having such a great cast just makes it worse
The opening scenes are short and potent.
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| Mar 19, 2007Matchflick
Invest your time in this film to see great actors and a great director work magic.
Don't just take my word for it; look at the 27 nominations and 20 wins it took.
It takes a little more work than most movie goers are used to, but it is worth it.
... Full Review
| Feb 28, 2007Matchflick
Taking a page out of the Tarantino playbook and jumping around in its time frame, 21 GRAMS did nothing new in so much that I was able to discern.
Watts is so f*cking screechy and shrill that it's hard to look past her outbursts and feel all that sorry for her.
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| Nov 15, 2006Desicritics.org, India
You may be disappointed as you feel the irony fading, as the movie gets warmer not cooler, but Bello's detailed performance is the most riveting element.
Grams Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 21 Grams from Guillermo Arriaga's script , has three protagonists whose stories, told in tiny, nonsequential segments, eventually converge in a bungled homicide, but there are only two types of narrative at loggerheads here, not three as in The Cooler .
... Full Review
| Nov 12, 2006Desicritics.org, India
Alejandro González Iñárritu applies his skilful crosscutting of multiple stories, arcs of intent and fluidity of time, also seen in his film 21 Grams .
Rich, complex film-making - variegated acting - powerful emotions.
... Full Review
News
FRAGMENTS
observer.com –
2009-07-28
Fragments is aptly titled. In style and format, it's another connect-the-dots movie cut from the same bolt of cinematic fabric as Crash , 21 Grams , and Babel . ... Full Article
Making his entry into Hollywood, industrialist Anil Ambani today began discussions with directors Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider for producing films for which he would make available an initial funding of $825 million. ... Full Article
The buzz surrounding Mexican film
ft.com –
2009-03-07
We have seen it at football grounds. The crowd heaves in a rise and fall, a giant moving undulation that someone, somewhere, for some reason, dubbed the Mexican wave. ... Full Article
21 Grams on Hulu
slashfilm.com –
2008-12-18
Critically acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu 's second collaboration with Guillermo Arriaga , 21 Grams , is now available for free on Hulu . ... Full Article
The Burning Plain
timesonline.co.uk –
2008-08-30
Its perhaps unfortunate for the novelist and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros , 21 Grams , Babel , The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ) that he was labelled as something of a one-trick pony even before he stepped behind... ... Full Article

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