The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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Released Apr 22, 2022

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Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.

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Critics Consensus

Smart, funny, and wildly creative, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent presents Nicolas Cage in peak gonzo form -- and he's matched by Pedro Pascal's scene-stealing performance.

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With some terrific performances and a lot of meta laughs, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a great time for Nicolas Cage fans.

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Christina Newland

iNews.co.uk

Broadly goofy, full of nod-and-wink quips about Hollywood that you may or may not find amusing, and more than a tad-self-indulgent, this is a fun Friday night movie that won’t linger long past the closing credits.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 18, 2024

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

The most meta touch of all is that the star makes the film hard to resist... an actor of weirdly heroic overcommitment saving the day, in duplicate.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 10, 2022

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Shirley Li

The Atlantic

Even in scenes riffing on the ’90s action movies that made Cage a household name -- all shoot-outs, car chases, and gunslinging standoffs -- Cage and Pascal are magnetic to watch for their earnestness.

Apr 29, 2022

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Joseph Tomastik

Loud and Clear Reviews

It’s a celebration of Nicolas Cage and his career, and an all-around laugh-out-loud comedy that simply wants you to have fun without being mindless.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 5, 2024

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Paul Klein

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

For the most part it's down to the sublime buddy comedy of Cage and Pascal that make it work.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 4, 2024

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Movie Buff

As an attempt to lovingly parody the central character’s filmography, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” makes sure to tap Cage’s unbridled energy and dial it up to eleven.

Rated: A-

Jul 4, 2024

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Elijah M

Funny ASF NICOLE'S CAGE!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/03/22

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Cassidy

So much fun. We need more movies like this

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/24/22

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Karla V

The best bromance comedy I’ve seen in a long time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/06/22

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james

A zany comedy with some surprising turns. Nick Cage has massive talent!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/06/22

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Rosie

This was such a stupid movie. It had such potential but it just didnt quite get there. I thought it was going to be really funny and it did have some laugh out loud moments to it so that was fun but what was crappy is a lot of the funniest parts were in the trailer so I had already seen them before. The funny moments though were literally what kept me in the theater the whole time. I seriously contemplated leaving so at least I stayed. Idk, I just thought it was really stupid. Kind of a waste of time sadly. I would not recommend it!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/04/22

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Dylan Ibanez

It was a funny movies

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/03/22

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Tom Gormican

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Nick Cage

Pedro Pascal

Javi Gutierrez

Tiffany Haddish

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Sharon Horgan

Olivia

Paco León

Lucas Gutierrez

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Synopsis

Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.

Director: Tom Gormican
Producer: Nicolas Cage, Mike Nilon, Kristin Burr, Kevin Turen
Screenwriter: Tom Gormican, Kevin Etten
Distributor: Lionsgate
Production Co: Saturn Films, Burr! Productions
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Drug Use|Some Sexual References|Violence)
Genre: Comedy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2022, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $20.2M
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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