THE
NINES
With
Ryan
Reynolds,
Melissa
McCarthy,
Hope
Davis,
Octavia
Spencer,
Elle
Fanning
Written
&
Directed
by
John
August
This
very
original
movie
takes
the
same
character
through
three
seemingly
interconnected
lives
/
dimensions
(within
the
movie
industry),
mixing
fictitious
characters
with
people
playing
themselves.
Sounds
a
bit
like
a
David
Lynch
scenario,
but
August’s
movie
has
a
far
more
conventional
Hollywood
tinge
to
it.
The
unexpected
outcome
is
a
very
surprising
and
innovative
one
which
will
not
be
divulged
here.
This
is
John
August’s
second
movie
(his
first
made
in
1998).
In
between
he’s
written
four
movies
for
Tim
Burton,
including
Big
Fish,
Charlie
And
The
Chocolate
Factory,
The
Corpse
Bride,
and
the
forthcoming
Dark
Shadows
–
which
may
explain
his
off-centre
approach.
The
Nines
is
a
very
different
kind
of
movie,
treading
cosmic
ground
-
quite
interesting,
rather
thought-provoking
and
pretty
entertaining.
4
/
C
-
Paul
Blom
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