Fresh
You could pick the script apart for impossibilities. But why bother? It's much more enjoyable to shut your brain off and have a good time.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Limitless
What if a pill could make you rich and powerful?
2011 · 1h 46m · PG-13
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Neil Burger
Overview
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life.
Director and cast
- Neil Burger Director
- Bradley Cooper as Eddie Morra
- Robert De Niro as Carl Van Loon
- Abbie Cornish as Lindy
- Andrew Howard as Gennady
- Anna Friel as Melissa
- Johnny Whitworth as Vernon
- Robert John Burke as Pierce
- Darren Goldstein as Kevin Doyle
- Tomas Arana as Man in Tan Coat
- Ned Eisenberg as Morris Brandt
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's scatty and fast paced, and director Neil Burger employs some Gaspar Noe-style, bad-trip CG effects to heighten the mood.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Rotten
Very limited, actually.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
What would you do if you could take a pill and suddenly access 100 percent of your brain power? This is the premise behind Limitless, a sci-fi thriller that looks as if its makers utilized around 30 percent of theirs.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Rotten
The filmmakers doesn't sweat the fact that Eddie is a chemically enhanced fraud. What scares them is any possibility of alienating the movie's target audience with a downer ending.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
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