Cosmopolis (2012)

Release date: 2012-05-25
Country: Canada|France|Portugal|Italy
Language: English
Director: David Cronenberg
Production Co: Alfama Films, Prospero Pictures, Kinologic Films (DC)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: 5.0/10
Length: 1h 49min

Storyline

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...

Plot Keywords

road movie, capitalism, manhattan new york city, sexless marriage, loveless marriage, dysfunctional marriage, diner, fully clothed sex, latex gloves, taser, stalker, casual sex, female frontal nudity, barber shop, spray paint, ambiguous ending, toilet, interracial sex, bodyguard, stabbed in the eye

Short Review

Cosmopolis, based on the Don DeLillo novel, is less forthright and substantially less enjoyable, but the same general themes are recognizably in place.