The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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MovieSphere+MovieSphere+April 21, 2022. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Directed by Tom Gormican. Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller.In his latest, “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” Cage fidgets and swaggers and smiles so broadly he looks ready to swallow the screen whole. He charms and alarms, jumps off a cliff and, drink in hand, walks straight into a swimming pool without breaking stride. (Holding onto the bottle, he sinks and then he drinks.)
Directed by Tom Gormican The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Lionsgate Films, 2021).Unbearable Weight’s director Tom Gormican emphasized his desire to highlight Cage’s diversity of roles and actively engage with the nuances of his star appeal. In an interview for Letterboxd, Gormican said, “He’s done everything. We thought the opportunity to try to do that in one film would be interesting to him … there’s a world where people constantly litigate [Cage’s] identity in public all the time. Wouldn’t it be an interesting thing to take the reins of that narrative with a feature film?”
