Oh boy, am loving Danny Bowe’s review of Cosmopolis and the fact that Rob has exposed himself to a whole new level of audience.  Here’s an extract:

“Now, from the first tight, low-angle shot of a series of limousines, Cosmopolis is very much Where We Are in 2012. It is this without being, in any way at all, a naturalistic movie. Cronenberg keeps as much of DeLillo’s dense, stylized, elliptical dialogue as possible, and plays with time and space to lend a dream-like quality to the protagonist’s journey across Manhattan on a whim to get a haircut. What starts as a wry joke about how fucked up the traffic gets in New York (complications include a presidential visit and a funeral procession for a Sufi rapper, nothing too heavy by normal standards) turns into a metaphor for the stultification of the modern world by global finance and its attendant obsessions with security and order. Over the course of the movie, the inherent instability of the system and the impermanence of power are laid bare as protagonist Eric Packer and his space-age limo devolve in tandem, each mirroring the other’s decay. Cronenberg’s direction is about as good as it gets here, with the visual journey perfectly complimenting the narrative, as formally perfect a movie as one could possibly hope for.

Holding everything together is Robert Pattinson’s performance in the lead. He’s good. He’s real good. He starts out this icy, remote, almost alien being, then gradually and with the same exquisite precision as Cronenberg’s direction, reveals emotional colors, vulnerability, hunger, desire, raw open nerves. Over the course of the movie, as shit gets weirder and the world he’s known (and basically ruled) all his life collapses, it’s endlessly fascinating to watch the way Pattinson plays Eric Packer’s fascination with his own (self-orchestrated) undoing. I’ll stop before I get too specific, but goddamn if Pattinson isn’t simply tremendous in this movie. If this performance is any indication, he’ll do just fine post-Twilight. The dude can act his motherfuckin’ ass off, and I hear chicks dig him, so he’s got that going for him as well.”

Hahaha yes Danny he can and hence why he’s the best “motherfucker” in Hollywood!  To read the full review click here.

Thanks Suze for sharing this with me.