An early Cosmopolis review has come out via Studio Ciné Live‘s Fabrice Leclerc. Directed by the iconoclastic David Cronenberg, who adapted Don DeLillo’s novel, and starring Robert Pattinson, Cosmopolis is definitely one of the most eagerly anticipated films at the Cannes Film Festival 2012.
The headline of Leclerc’s brief, three-star (out of five) Cosmopolis review reads: "A Cronenberg as brilliant as he is taut." Leclerc then begins his review by explaining that Cronenberg and DeLillo are "manufacturers of fantastic, unhealthy, and at times somber environments, of the science of language, and of totally chaotic characters. And of controversy as well."
Referring to Cosmopolis as a "ghostly and hypnotic" tale, Leclerc adds that Cronenberg had adapted to the letter DeLillo’s "ultrarich prose, filming with an incredible creativity this stifling and disturbing airtight environment."
As for Robert Pattinson, Leclerc says he’s "impeccable" until Cosmopolis‘ last segment, when, "lost in a verbal torrent," Pattinson "seems, all of a sudden, to be no longer in control."
Leclerc wraps up his review with the following: "As always with Cronenberg, there are no half-measures, no second gateway, no escape. Cosmopolis is to be experienced in full or not at all. Take it or leave it."
Cosmopolis, which is in competition for the Palme d’Or, opens on May 23 in France, June 8 in Canada, and June 15 in the UK. In Portugal, Cosmopolis comes out on DVD/Blu-ray on August 31. August 2012 is the rumored Cosmopolis US release date.
Besides Robert Pattinson as billionaire Eric Packer, Cosmopolis features A Dangerous Method’s Sarah Gadon, Summer Hours’ Juliette Binoche, Rock of Ages’ Paul Giamatti, In America’s Samantha Morton, I Am Number Four’s Kevin Durand, Quantum of Solace’s Mathieu Amalric, She’s Out of My League’sJay Baruchel, The Trotsky’s Emily Hampshire, and K’Naan.
Robert Pattinson has two other movies coming out in 2012: Nick Ormerod andDeclan Donnellan’s period piece Bel Ami, currently available on VOD in the US, and co-starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman, and Christina Ricci; and Bill Condon’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, with Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.
David Cronenberg has several rumored projects in the works, including a sequel to the 2007 thriller Easter Promises, which starred Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts, and a remake of Cronenberg’s own The Fly, a hit for Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis back in 1986. As per the IMDb, other potential projects include As She Climbed Across the Table, The Matarese Circle, League of Monster Slayers, and London Fields.
Source: Alt film guide
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