Cosmopolis: DVD Review

Cosmopolis: DVD Review

Rating: M
Released by Icon and Roadshow Home Entertainment

Robert "Edward" Pattinson teams up with master of the slightly surreal, David Cronenberg, for Cosmopolis, the film based on Don DeLillo's novel.

He plays Packer, a mysterious billionaire who's out on a series of encounters while in his limo heading across town to get a haircut. His limo, kitted out with the most upto date tech, serves as his office and his solitude away from the world, which is starting to revolt against the excesses of capitalism.

Quite talky and eschewing references to and commentary on capitalism and technology, it takes a while to get going. It's certainly not the easiest film to watch and while it's precise and crisply directed by Cronenberg, it's certainly aloof and cold.

Reminiscent of the Occupy movements, the world outside is briefly sketched and suffers from a lack of any real connection - Pattinson's good but cold in this and support from Juliette Binoche and Paul Giamatti is welcome but adds little else to the film, which in parts is interminably slow and plodding.

All in all, Cosmopolis will really only be for Cronenberg's purists - it's got subtext but it's hard to actually care about what's transpiring on the screen.

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