Film: The Nines
Whilst queuing for the supermarket checkout, I often check out the cheap DVD stand to glean any nuggets and yesterday I happened upon a film called The Nines.
I’d never heard of this one but had a good feeling in my loins and felt I deserved a top film after the harrowing disappointment of Matt Damon’s Green Zone the night before. Bourne goes epic, my arse….
Anyway, The Nines was one of the best films I have ever had the great pleasure to watch. I’m not going to tell you much about it, because I simply wouldn’t know where to start and I don’t want to spoil it for you in any way.
This is the blurb from the back of the DVD, which doesn’t even come close to doing this film justice:
The Nines stars Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis and Melissa McCarthy and is the directorial debut of the acclaimed screenwriter John August
An intricately constructed blur of reality and metaphysical fantasy, The Nines unfolds in three separate but parallel and connect movies, featuring the same actors and often overlapping incarnations. Together, the three stories form a single narrative that explores the relationships between the author and character, actor and role, creator and creation. Alternately funny and unsettling, The Nines is like a riddle where the answer is the question: “How does it all add up?”
This is simply a mind-blowingly awesomely splendid film which I can’t praise enough. I will shortly be rushing to the shops to get the necessary munchies for another viewing tonight.
Best £1.99 I’ve ever spent. If you haven’t seen it, then get it!
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