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Mr. Nobody (2009)

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A man close to death ponders the many lives he might have led in this fantasy from director and screenwriter Jaco van Dormael. 117-year-old Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto) is ill and facing his last days as he looks back on his past and a particular crucial moment -- at the age of nine, Nemo's parents divorced, and as his mother (Natasha Little) and father (Rhys Ifans) stood on a train platform, he had to choose who he would go with, and whether he would live in the United States or Great Britain.

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I relate to most movies by thinking about my past. Mr. Nobody has me evaluating my future.

June 27, 2011 Full Review Source: Screen Junkies | Comment

Expect the unexpected. Try to answer the unanswerable question that writer-director Van Dormael poses. It is a worthwhile exercise.

July 28, 2010 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | Comment
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In the late 21st century the last man who will die of old age thinks back on his life and the different paths it could have taken in this mix of arthouse drama, romance and science fiction. The film's problem soon becomes apparent: the audience remains as uncertain and confused about the real events in Nemo's life as

February 5, 2012
ironclad1609

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Long, confusing and boring.

May 8, 2011
3niR
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    1. Nemo: Each of these lives is the right one! Every path is the right path. Everything could have been anything else and it would have just as much meaning.
    – Submitted by Dipta C (2 months ago)
    1. Nemo: Every path is the right path.
    – Submitted by Isauro L (2 months ago)
    1. Nemo: I'm not afraid to die, I'm afraid I haven't lived enough. It should be written on every school chalkboard, 'Life is a playground or nothing.'
    – Submitted by Vanessa V (9 months ago)
    1. Nemo: You have to make the right choice. As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
    – Submitted by Chris P (10 months ago)
    1. Nemo: Sometimes people call me Mr. Craft. C-R-A-F-T. Can't Remember A Fucking Thing.
    – Submitted by Chris P (10 months ago)

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