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Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence at his wife’s side, Elise, and their 3 children until the day when reality skids and he wakes up as an old man in the year 2092. At 117, Mr. Nobody is both the oldest man in the world and the last mortal of a new mankind where nobody dies anymore. But that doesn’t seem to interest or bother him very much. The only questions that preoccupy him in the present is whether he lived the right life for himself, loved the woman whom he was supposed to love, and had the children whom he was meant to have… now his purpose is to find the right answer.

Mr Nobody is one of those rare films that can suck the viewer into its world. As you watch Mr Nobody and the various events you might not fully understand at the time the meaning of everything you see, but you will remain intrigued and as the movie progresses it starts to make more sense. There are quite a few things left up to interpretation, but the film should keep you thinking about it once the ending credits begin. The cinematography is amazing and a lot of care and detail was put into the movie.

Jared Leto gave an amazing performance as Nemo Nobody and the surrounding cast fit right into place. The story is told beautifully, and without giving away any big spoilers there is a lot that happens and a lot that doesn’t happen. It is very rare for me to give a movie a 10/10 rating, but I feel Mr Nobody deserves it as I could not really find any flaws. Some may argue the ending isn’t as strong as it could be, but I found it to be very fitting. If given the chance you should see Mr Nobody and drawn into his world.

Mr Nobody Trailer

My Rating: 10/10

Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street hot-shot. But just as everything seems to be falling into place, complications arise in the form of Tommy’s sensitive and handsome co-worker Daniel.

You can seriously watch the first few minutes of The Good Guy and know exactly what will happen. I thought maybe to avoid being too cliche the beginning was used to throw people off, but nope, what you see is what you get. Speaking of cliche, this movie has a long list of them from the type of characters to some of the events in it such as a book club. All the characters are set a certain way and very predictable. The acting itself wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t good either. It would have to take amazing acting to try and save this dry and cliche story.

It’s hard to say too much positive about the film, but the overall production feel was decent and they captured Manhattan pretty well. Besides that you just get average acting and a predictable plot, and not to spoil anything, but there is no twist or anything. My first reaction when the film ended was, “That was it?” and I wondered what the point of watching it was since I could have just read the description and saved myself 1 1/2 hours. Regardless, if you are a fan of cliche romantic comedies it might be ok to you, but set the bar low.

The Good Guy Trailer

My Rating: 3/10