Sean Penn is an awful lot better in 21 Grams than he was in Mystic River
Sean Penn is an awful lot better in 21 Grams than he was in Mystic River. 21 Grams is a much better film than Clint’s too, with a theme which is not a million miles away from it. It is however less hamstrung with TRYING TO MAKE A POINT. Actually with the seemingly random editing it is as if the one thing the film is eventually trying not to do is make a point. Shit happens. Lots of it. Isn’t life terrible; that is the general message.
The 21 Grams conceit is appalling however. Sean Penn’s voice-over, trying to explain it, is needless. Not only that but it shows a complete lack of knowledge of the weight of chocolate bars. The standard Mars Bar for instance is 52 grams. 21 grams is the weight of a fun sized chocolate bar. But then I guess if in the portentous voice-over about the weight of a human soul, the words ‘fun sized’ were added, it might remove a touch of the gravitas.
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