This overreaching, Lynch-lite comic drama is the mediocre directorial debut of screenwriter John August ('Charlie's Angels', 'Big Fish') and, if nothing else, demonstrates why some writers should stick to their laptops.
The Nines
Y9u never kn9w when y9ur number is up.
2007 · 1h 40m · R
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
John August
Overview
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Director and cast
- John August Director
- Ryan Reynolds as Gary / Gavin / Gabriel
- Melissa McCarthy as Margaret / Melissa / Mary
- Hope Davis as Sarah / Susan / Sierra
- Elle Fanning as Noelle
- David Denman as Parole Officer/ Agitated Man
- Octavia Spencer as Streetwalker
- Ben Falcone as Himself
- Dahlia Salem as Herself
- John Gatins as Himself
- Lorene Scafaria as Game Night Guest
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
The cosmic "resolution" that ties the stories together proves less interesting than the stories themselves.
The Nines, which in real life began as a TV project, wavers uncomfortably between satire and dime-store existentialism on the big screen.
The dialogue snaps, crackles and pops. And confusing as they may be, the stories are never boring.
Bright and vicious, desperate and cruel, the characters of the first two stories pop with a kind of nihilistic joie de vivre that makes you want to hug them and kill them at once.
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