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Cosmopolis

I will admit that it was a spectacle to behold, from the saturation to the technology to the huge rat to Paul Giamatti saving everything, but its criticism of modernity was shallow at best. Without anything that kept it consistently interesting, the dialogue, acting, and pace were awkward and uncomfortable to watch. And no, this is not another case of Cronenberg's classic detached acting style, Pattinson just sucks.
 
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Sarah J. Bean

2Nov12

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    Rui Macedo

    12Nov12

    If you look at it from a conceptual level, Pattinson was just perfect to the part. Think about it.

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    Sarah J. Bean

    12Nov12

    I think /normally/ in a Cronenberg, Pattinson has the type of acting style that is very detached and almost robotic. But in this film, he was very back-and-forth, sometimes detached, sometimes more emotionally involved, sometimes just dead on screen. There wasn't enough consistency in the performance for me to think Cronenberg made a conscious decision to have him act like that (though I realize he's made those decisions in the past). And if he did, I think Pattinson ended up being the wrong man for the job.