21 Grams

3.33
    21 Grams
    2003

    Synopsis

    Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.

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    Cast

    • Sean PennPaul Rivers
    • Naomi WattsCristina Peck
    • Danny HustonMichael Peck
    • Carly NahonCathy
    • Claire PakisLaura
    • Benicio del ToroJack Jordan
    • Nick NicholsBoy
    • Charlotte GainsbourgMary Rivers
    • John RubinsteinGynecologist
    • Eddie MarsanReverend John

    Recommendations

    • 100

      ReelViews

      A stunning kaleidoscope of a motion picture - a mosaic of images that gradually resolves itself into a powerful tale of tragedy and redemption.
    • 90

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A stunning virtuoso performance by director, cast and crew. This movie knocks you out with an astonishing blend of hyper-realism, visual complexity and powerful themes.
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      Paradoxically, a movie that loses power the more you perceive what's actually going on in it. Laid end to end, the story is, to put it mildly, overwrought, fusing several cataclysms too many.
    • 80

      The A.V. Club

      A nearly unparalleled actor's showcase, the film boasts performances of impressive quality and quantity...Their complexity matches the film's.
    • 70

      Village Voice

      Watts, who has the most difficult scenes, is splendidly mercurial; what's surprising is that those professional storm clouds Penn and Del Toro are here as powerfully restrained as she is electrifying.
    • 60

      Variety

      Ambitiously structured in non-chronological fragments that form a fascinating puzzle, this raw drama about grief, guilt and redemption becomes ultimately overextended and overwrought in its final stretch.
    • 60

      Newsweek

      What keeps this movie honest is the characters, each of them a mass of conflicting instincts, virtues and vices. You know Gonzalez Inarritu comes from outside Hollywood because he doesn't divide the world into heroes and villains.
    • 50

      Premiere

      Too-laborious meditation on life and death.

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