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.

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Wake up, Nick.

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Okay, go, go, go, Nick. I love you. Stay with me. Stay awake. Keep moving. You can do this. Pull your legs in now. Pull your legs in.

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I can't move. Then you're gonna die. Do you wanna die tonight? This is not how you die. I think it is.

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Come on. Come on, you did it. You're in there. Do it, do it! Stay awake! Come on! Come on, Nick!

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Come on. Come on. Come on. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got it.

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Oh, for fuck's sake, man! Wake up! Wake up. Wake up. Get up, Nick. Get up. Get up.

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Come on, Nick. Come on! Get up! Get up, Nick.

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Action!

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Oh, my god! Yes! How is he up? Trained actor. All right, man, we in. You know, it didn't feel great betraying Javi like that. Especially, since I'm still not convinced he's your guy. But the strange thing is... I can see myself doing more of this stuff. You know, spy craft. Subterfuge. What have you. I think I might have a real gift for it. Good, 'cause we got another mission for you. No, no, no! Fuck that! It was terrifying. I'm about to leave for the airport after the party, so... Nick, our intel suggests that Javi is holding Maria delgado on the compound right now. On the compound? Yeah. We need you to help us find her. Which means we need you to figure out a way to stay a little longer. Vivian, I can't do this. Yes, you can. We just saw you do it.

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That little girl, Nick? She doesn't have anybody else.

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Just you.

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And if you leave, I don't know what's gonna happen to her.

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I just want to thank you all for coming tonight. It means more to me than you can know. And I would like to tell a story.

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A few years ago, my relationship with my father had deteriorated to the point where we were no longer speaking. He could be extremely difficult, my father. And to be fair, maybe I am not much better.

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But when he got sick, I realized I didn't want to lose him before we could repair our broken relationship.

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But I didn't know how.

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And then, one day, about a week before he died, it happened. A miracle.

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I looked up...

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And I saw on a tiny little hospital TV... Guarding Tess. We disagreed about literally everything, my father and I. Except for this movie.

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We both loved it. We would quote it back and forth. In a way, my father was Tess. The former first lady. And I was Doug chesnic. The secret service agent charged with taking care of him.

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