The Nines is a weird movie. won't somebody please think of the children, Friends, Liz has been in consultation with her good friend Frank, and she is happy to report that we are now planni…. The first person he encounters is Sierra, who is out for a hike herself. An interesting, if high minded, concept film that is nothing without its performers. 9 is based on the short film 9 which is by director and story writer Shane Acker. Ready? ( Log Out /  Concurrently, he has agreed to star in another just green-lighted project, a reality television series based on the making of his show. A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. What is the meaning of the movie "9" by Tim Burton? Frank gets exactly what he pays for. Really really weird! Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. The basic premise is this: Ryan Reynolds plays three different guys in three different sections of the movie, in three different versions of reality, I think? Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. I've been coming across a lot of those lately. Actor Ryan starts seeing visions of himself-but-not-himself, and starts thinking he’s going crazy, and meanwhile Melissa McCarthy has moved into the house to keep an eye on him and they’re having a really fun time hanging out — but she also clearly knows more than she’s saying? We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future. But it's also clever, funny and compelling. Ultimately, Frank, I enjoyed watching The Nines — while it often tipped into ridiculousness, it had plenty of interesting ideas. The three stories intersect and overlap with themes that confuse and inspire, which will leave many audiences pondering for awhile. Alm disso, o elenco revela-se fortssimo. Instead, he explained, the phrase refers to powerful but not quite perfect beings — that is, less than 10s — one of whom created everything we are seeing in the movie… In "Chapter Three: Knowing", married Gabriel and Mary, a video game designer and editor respectively, and their eight year old daughter Noelle return to their car from a secluded wilderness hike to find it has a dead battery. Yeah, that’s because he’s the very writer whose house Actor Ryan was staying in–. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. But Gary ultimately has to answer to the network - Susan Howard who is acting on behalf of the network - while Susan and the network kowtow to their advertisers. But he has gotten lost in exploring them, so Hope, also a Nine, and some other Nines have been trying to extract him. |, August 27, 2008 As the tales play out, the disturbing secret story that transcends them is slowly revealed. | Change ). Three separate plot strands---about a self-destructive actor under house arrest, a writer trying to get his series past the pilot stage while being filmed by a reality TV crew, and a video game designer whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere---intertwine in a mysterious way, with the same actors playing different characters in each mini-story. | Rating: 3/4 Beyond taking place in the same semi-fictional universe, the stories are connected by a stock company of actors portraying different characters in each of the three stories, those characters who are meant to look like each other from one story to the next. The fun thing about telling you about this movie, Frank, is that making it sound strange isn’t too much of a reach. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". Part three is pretty dull, Frank, so I’m not gonna go into detail. The fact that MMM says Koala's are 8's and control the weather is not a joke IMO it's just Koala's role in GGG's game. Liz does this for free. "Reality Television" charts the production of a TV sitcom. Actor Ryan is crazy amounts of bored, the only potential bright spot being Hope Davis, a stay-at-home mom who brings her baby monitor over one afternoon during naptime to wine and flirt with him. In "Knowing," a video-game designer and his family are stranded in the forest after their car breaks down. Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. They all overlap and connect, except when they don’t, and only makes sense because of the number nine? Titles starting with N. Ryan Reynolds is actually a godlike being who created multiple universes and put himself in as a character in each one. To deal with this kind of emotional trauma, Writer Ryan spends a lot of time in internet cafes around town playing a video game that looks like The Sims. Copyright © Fandango. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Like you might have for a friend who played too much World of Warcraft. Em sua estria como diretor de longas, August faz jus inteligncia de seu roteiro intrincado, criando uma histria tensa e instigante que surpreende tanto como fico quanto como reflexo metafsica/religiosa. Sierra ultimately but somewhat reluctantly decides to help Gabriel to the best of her ability, which hides her true motive. Sound familiar? A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. This is hard movie to rate because I do really want to like it because of the idea and the three performances from Reynolds, Davis and McCarthy. | Gary is under house arrest living in another person's house because he burned down his own, the owner of the house is described as a TV writer away on work. The sort of movie that would probably appeal to Ryan Reynolds' detractors . |, February 8, 2008 Oh, shit, it’s worth mentioning that this movie makes even less sense if you don’t know that it’s written and directed by John August, whose writing credits include Go, Charlie’s Angels and Big Fish. John August is the one on the right, if you couldn't tell. | Fresh (39) The Nines also isn’t in Danish and has Ryan Reynolds in it. There’s a brief dash of musical number here, because this movie needed to stop making sense sooner or later, and a lot of Hope trying to remind Actor Ryan of “who he really is.” This is around when he finds a Post-It that says “Look for the nines” on a counter — and he notices that there are lots of nines around him, in newspapers and so forth. I guess you could classify it as surrealist, but not really. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. Cinemark November 17, 2011 The E.R. But only a shallow person might point that out. And having a lot of interesting ideas is almost as good as making a point. While acerbic-tongued Margaret, one of Lola's representatives, works on keeping Gary's good name within the public fan-base in tact under the circumstances, Gary, lonely and alone at the house, makes a connection with Sarah, a married mother who lives next door. Part One was slow and I hated (I mean HATED) the Margaret character, and Part Three was good but the payoff wasn't quite enough. Melissa McCarthy alone makes it watchable. Three peripherally related stories are presented. Cinemark | Rotten (21). In "Part Two: Reality Television", screenwriter Gavin Taylor has just had his television project green-lighted by the network. 'handler', Margaret, and the single mom next door, Sarah, who may or may not be interested in him romantically. While living in the house he is befriended by both a P.R. Basically, a new Ryan, Video Game Developer Ryan, is out in the woods with his wife (Melissa McCarthy YOU GO GIRL) and daughter (Elle Fanning, being less creepy and weird than she was in part 2).