It is beguilingly cuckoo, though as primitive visually as The Twilight Zone – it was shot in 22 days – and about as profound.
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11/30/07
The Nines (2007)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:39
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though The Nines doesn't solidify as well as writer/director John August would hope for, Ryan Reynolds's strong performance makes each of the film's intriguing segments worth watching.
Theatrical Release:Aug 31, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: John August, who has written such diverse films as GO, BIG FISH, CORPSE BRIDE, and CHARLIE'S ANGELS, makes his directorial debut with THE NINES, a complex, thought-provoking work divided into three... [More]
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning
Director: John August
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Reviews for The Nines
Isn't funny enough to be classified as a comedy, weird enough to attract cult attention, nor spiritual enough to be mind-blowing.
08/30/07
Sometimes a product's creative integrity requires that it not quite attain a ten - but when it comes to the cinema of big ideas, The Nines is as close to divine perfection as you are likely to get.
11/30/07
It is pretty familiar material in some ways, and not exactly unpretentious, but very watchable.
11/30/07
A challenging loop of spiritual indecision within the confines of a city known for quick creations and their inevitable consequences.
02/14/07
Bright and vicious, desperate and cruel, the characters of the first two stories pop with a kind of nihilistic joie de vivre that makes you want to hug them and kill them at once.
08/31/07
Top CriticAugust's screenplay for "The Nines" is fun, confusing, provocative...And if he isn't as edgy or daring as he might be, there's much to be said for a film that's as entertaining and thought-provoking as the best episodes of The Twilight Zone.
07/10/07
The film puts a delightful spin on that profound and solipsistic idea that we are the godlike inventors, and moral arbitrators, of our own little worlds. A gem.
11/30/07
With an almost Donnie Darko sense of apocalyptic mystery, writer-director August really gets our heads spinning.
11/17/07
August is on solid ground when he's riffing on Stephen King and celebrities, but he's stretching when he tries to be David Lynch, which would require a distinctly different kind of brain damage.
06/08/08
All three stories don't congeal into the grand sum profundity that August so clearly is striving to suggest.
09/05/07
The most interesting aspect is how things from one segment appear later in another and how he's able to pull everything together in the end.
01/25/07
In each segment, Reynolds (who gives the movie his all but gets little in return) finds himself haunted in some way by the titular numeral -- a feeling likely to be shared by anyone who spends about that many dollars on a ticket.
08/30/07
I have no clue whether this is the most religious film of the year, or the most blasphemous film of the year.
12/05/07
You'll go ''Huh?'' but you won't feel cheated.
08/29/07
Top CriticIt's that increasingly rare animal, a comedy that is engaging, funny, and smart. And since this is only August's first film, it bodes well for the future.
08/11/07
There's more than enough intelligence, intrigue and performance dazzle to make this an adventuresome gizmo for grownups.
01/23/07
Top CriticAugust the director fits a lot of architecture into his tiny spaces.
09/04/07
The Nines is a movie that aims to raise more questions than it answers.
09/08/07
Clever and fun with compelling lead performances... Maybe it's all a message of sympathy for the fourth, unseen Reynolds before us, the one we stop thinking about who only exists after the last frame of The Nines runs through the projector.
08/30/07
Latest News for The Nines
September 07, 2007:
Director's Commentary: Not Just for DVDs Anymore?
If you've ever sat in a darkened theater and thought to yourself "What this movie really needs is a commentary track," CHUD has some excellent news for you. More...
August 22, 2007:
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July 23, 2007:
The Nines as a movie is ultimately everything but, to say the least.
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January 23, 2007:
Sundance: "Hounddog" Is A Dog; "The Nines" Scores High
Read on for some short reviews of films playing at Sundance: "Hounddog," starring Dakota Fanning, is a cliched stab at Southern Gothic with echoes of Faulkner, and... More...
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