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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:39
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Though The Nines doesn't solidify as well as writer/director John August would hope for, Ryan Reynolds's strong performance makes each of the film's intriguing segments worth watching.
Theatrical Release:30-11-2007
Synopsis: John August, who has written such diverse films as GO, BIG FISH, CORPSE BRIDE, and CHARLIE'S ANGELS, makes his directorial debut with THE NINES, a complex, thought-provoking work divided into three... [More]
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, Elle Fanning
Director: John August
Em sua estréia como diretor de longas, August faz jus à inteligência de seu roteiro intrincado, criando uma história tensa e instigante que surpreende tanto como ficção quanto como reflexão metafísica/religiosa. Além disso, o elenco revela-se fortíssimo.
When I read that Ryan Reynolds was playing not one, but three characters in this movie -- one of whom is gay -- my ticket pretty much bought itself. They had me at 'himbo'.
Overall, I responded to The Nines as a sly Cronenbergian chess game of the mind. As impenetrable as it becomes, it's easy to perceive that this is straight-from-the-heart work from August.
The plot tumbles so far down the rabbit hole it breaks its leg and plunges the audience into the dark.
I have no clue whether this is the most religious film of the year, or the most blasphemous film of the year.
Sometimes a product's creative integrity requires that it not quite attain a ten - but when it comes to the cinema of big ideas, The Nines is as close to divine perfection as you are likely to get.
Befuddling sci-fi/thriller mix isn't for kids.
The Nines is the feature-film-directing debut from screenwriter John August, but it feels much more like some Bizarro World collaboration between Jean-Paul Sartre and Charlie Kaufman, and not in a good way, either.
The Nines is a movie that aims to raise more questions than it answers.
A valid exploration of chaos and control told by a guy who knows. Good low budget sci-fi with a hip side.
All three stories don't congeal into the grand sum profundity that August so clearly is striving to suggest.
August the director fits a lot of architecture into his tiny spaces.
Does not work one’s id into a tizzy in the manner that Lynch’s Mulholland Drive or Ozon’s Swimming Pool, two films that bear loose association, do.
A rather aimless and convoluted brain teaser that attempts to transfer the kind of introspective discourse literary device of novels, that is best just left on the page.
The cosmic "resolution" that ties the stories together proves less interesting than the stories themselves.
The payoff fizzles, but the buildup is intriguing until it topples under its own weight.
The Nines, which in real life began as a TV project, wavers uncomfortably between satire and dime-store existentialism on the big screen.
The dialogue snaps, crackles and pops. And confusing as they may be, the stories are never boring.
Bright and vicious, desperate and cruel, the characters of the first two stories pop with a kind of nihilistic joie de vivre that makes you want to hug them and kill them at once.
Top CriticConfusing? Yes, and intentionally so. But it's never boring.
September 07, 2007:
Director's Commentary: Not Just for DVDs Anymore?
If you've ever sat in a darkened theater and thought to yourself "What this movie really needs is a commentary track," CHUD has some excellent news for you. More...
August 22, 2007:
Trailer & Poster review 
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July 23, 2007:
The Nines as a movie is ultimately everything but, to say the least.
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January 23, 2007:
Sundance: "Hounddog" Is A Dog; "The Nines" Scores High
Read on for some short reviews of films playing at Sundance: "Hounddog," starring Dakota Fanning, is a cliched stab at Southern Gothic with echoes of Faulkner, and... More...
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