Cosmopolis (2012) poster
2012 · drama

Cosmopolis

Directed by David Cronenberg1h 49m2012
ElsewhereIMDb5.152kRT67%Metacritic58TMDB5.71k
  • heavy
  • measured
  • intense
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • signature
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Heavy, measured, measured drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo during a riot in order to get a haircut, a self-made 28-year-old billionaire asset manager's life begins to crumble.

Our read · Cosmopolis (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want hypnotic limo-dialogue satire about wealth curdling in real time.

ends ambiguousit stays with youmeditativegrips by minute 25attention 5/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upexplicit sex

Skip it tonightYou need plot momentum; this is nearly all talk in a backseat.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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