The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a 2022 American action comedy film directed by Tom Gormican, who co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Etten. It stars Nicolas Cage as a fictionalized version of himself, along with a supporting cast including Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholtz, Alessandra Mastronardi, Jacob Scipio, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish and Caroline Boulton. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 12, 2022, and was released in the United States on April 22, 2022, by Lionsgate. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances and chemistry of Cage and Pascal, but performed poorly at the box office, grossing only $29.1 million against its $30 million budget.
All right, all right, I get it. You're making this up? What is this? Like a little stanislavski improv thing? Well, you can stop. Stanislavski? Is he part of the resistance? Stop! I am your guest! Gabriela ripped the bedspread off me this morning. Now you're sending me on, like, a wild goose chase! I'm sorry, but you can't quit acting! You can't! That's none of your business. Whether you like it or not, you have a gift. And that gift brings light and joy to an increasingly dark and broken world! And to turn your back on that gift is to turn your back on the entire human race.
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The human race? I'm afraid so. What am I gonna do? Oh, wow. If we don't go now, they will fucking kill us! These people smell blood and they come running. What am I gonna do? They're almost to the edge of the forest. I can hear them. And Matilda, she is waiting down the coast. We have to go now! We have to jump!
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
I bet my daughter would like it out here. It'd be good for her. Are you two close? Well, it's impossible to be close with a 16-year-old. But I've tried to be there for her. It's just... There's no script for parenting. Thank god for my ex, Olivia. How did you meet Olivia? She was a make-up artist on captain corelli's mandolin. Beautiful film. Thank you. Underrated for sure. We just hit it off, you know. She was funny, smart, beautiful. So, what happened?
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Anyway, Mr. Cage, what is your favorite movie? Oh... favorite movie? Oh, wow! I mean, that... that is, uh... That's one of those questions that's impossible to answer. Because, you see, 100-plus years of rich cinema. You can't just limit it to one. It depends upon your mood, the seasons. All right, let's do top three. You start. Number one, face/off. Oh, thank you.
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent