Mr. Nobody

Unrated

12/20/20112h 21m

Premiere Release (US)

~ Nothing is real, everything is possible. ~

Overview:

Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

Director:

Jaco Van Dormael

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$47,000,000.00

Revenue:

$2,331,721.00

Key words:

time travel
surrealism
time
choice
free will
multiple storylines
curious
shocking
complex
loving
2090s
depressing
ambiguous
irreversible process
entropy

Cast

Jared Leto

~ as ~

Nemo Nobody (Adult / Old)

Sarah Polley

~ as ~

Adult Elise

Diane Kruger

~ as ~

Adult Anna

Linh-Dan Pham

~ as ~

Adult Jean

Rhys Ifans

~ as ~

Nemo's Father

Natasha Little

~ as ~

Nemo's Mother

Toby Regbo

~ as ~

Nemo age 16

Juno Temple

~ as ~

Anna age 15

Allan Corduner

~ as ~

Dr. Feldheim

Daniel Mays

~ as ~

Young Journalist

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Reviews (3)

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Andres Gomez
Written 9 year(s) ago
5
Quite a disappointment. I was expecting much more from this movie but the story is just boring and uninteresting. Jared Leto makes a good performance (the movie is just tailored for him) and they are also good Kruger and, specially, Regbo and Temple.

However, as I said, the story is quite pointless. The movie finishes and you just feel like you have watched a bad joke without purpose.
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HikariWS
Written 4 year(s) ago
10
Really awesome movie. It's kite hard to understand at first and will require 1 or 2 rewatches to pick it up.

It's the kind of movie that doesn't hold spectator's hand to explain what's happening, but it's also not the kind of movie that messes up and nothing makes sense. All the info we need is presented, just not on a clear way. Some ppl may even need to do some research on physics concepts, entropy, etc.
CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
I always find Jared Leto very easy to look at, but rarely does his acting ever amount to very much. Not so, here. This is quite a quirky and innovative drama that sees his life as "Nemo" depend on one simple decision he must make. Ought he to stay with his separating mother or father? This choice will, naturally, impact on how his life and the life of many others will pan out as we soon discover that scientific advances have ensured that he has survived to become the last "mortal" centenarian left on Earth. These permutations that ensue vary from the pedestrian to the surreal, and the characterisations offer us a little more depth to the scenarios as we all experience the consequences of his actions, and those invite a bit of thought, even philosophising, as the ramifications affect not just him, but "Elise" (a strong contribution from Sarah Polley) and "Anna" (Diane Kruger). Toby Regbo bears quite a striking resemblance to Leto which helps his engaging representation of the fifteen year old "Nemo" and, indeed, all of the children who take on the junior years of the key roles deliver well, here. It is not a straightforward story, some of it made sense to me, some of it suggested that auteur Jaco Van Dormael had been sitting too close to the glue pot, but there is an effective intensity to the performance from Leto (and his wonderfully expressive eyes) as we embark on this roller-coaster ride. I did not love the conclusion - but don't know that I could have improved upon it either - you ought to give it a try and see what you think. It is long, and maybe that will deter some people as the pace isn't always consistent, but I'd say this is the best I've seen from this star.