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21 Grams Details

2003 Certificate 15
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College professor Paul Rivers and his wife Mary find their union precariously balanced between life and death. He is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant, while she hopes to become pregnant with his child through artificial insemination. Cristina Peck, having matured since her reckless past, is a beloved older sister to .. Read more

Starring Sean Penn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Genres Drama, Thriller

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21 Grams

College professor Paul Rivers and his wife Mary find their union precariously balanced between life and death. He is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant, while she hopes to become pregnant with his child through artificial insemination. Cristina Peck, having matured since her reckless past, is a beloved older sister to Claudia, a good wife to Michael and loving mother to two little girls. Her family radiates hope and joy. Much farther down the socioeconomic scale, ex-con Jack Jordan and his wife Marianne struggle to provide for their two children while Jack reaffirms his commitment to religion. A tragic accident that claims several lives places these couples in each other's orbit. In the aftermath, Paul confronts his own mortality, Cristina takes action to come to terms with her present and perhaps her future, and Jack's faith is put to the test. If spiritual equilibrium is to be regained by any one of them, it could come at great cost to the others. Yet the will to live, and the instinct to reach out to another person for support, remains ever present among them all.

Starring Sean Penn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts
Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Studio ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 5 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 5 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released Production year: 2003

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DVD: 13 Sep 2004
Blu-ray: 07 Jun 2010
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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      A film told in a non-chronological fashion that makes its audience work hard enough for them to feel they have experienced something out of the ordinary, but its melodramatic plot contrivances are more suited to soap opera than a serious work.

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      Boring difficult to follow, couldn't hold my attention for more than a few minutes at a time. Not a film I would recommend, watch again, or even remember.

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      Heavyweight film

      The storyline was nothing out of the ordinary, but the way the film was put together and the outstanding acting, make this a film to be marvelled at.

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      College professor Paul Rivers and his wife Mary find their union precariously balanced between life and death. He is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant, while she hopes to become pregnant with his child through artificial insemination. Cristina Peck, having matured since her reckless past,...

    • 21 Grams
      College professor Paul Rivers and his wife Mary find their union precariously balanced between life and death. He is mortally ill and awaiting a heart transplant, while she hopes to become pregnant with his child through artificial insemination. Cristina Peck, having matured since her reckless past,...