The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Directed by Tom Gormican
Written by Tom Gormican
Starring Nicolas Cage, Pedro Pascal, Sharon Horgan, Ike Barinholz
Release Date April 22nd, 2022
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent stars Nicolas Cage in arguably his greatest role, playing himself. Rather, I should say, Nicolas Cage is not playing himself but the pop cultural conception of who we think Nicolas Cage is. Nick Cage, if you will. This conception of Cage as a bizarre egomaniac obsessed with his own fame, struggling with money, and deeply weird is built on some foundations of truth, gossip, and the perceptions created by Cage’s many iconic film performances. It’s an utterly brilliant meta-creation that gives audiences the Nicolas Cage we want while distancing the actor from our perceptions with a layer of creative irony and detached humor.
In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nick Cage is struggling. He’s just failed to get a role that he was desperate to land, he’s struggling with his relationship with his 16 year old daughter, Addy (Lily Sheen), who resents his attempts to force his love of moves onto her, and he’s deep in debt despite having worked nearly non-stop for most of his life. With no current offers for movies on the table and needing the money, Nic’s agent, Fink (Neil Patrick Harris) offers him the chance to make a quick buck by appearing at the birthday party of a wealthy Spanish businessman.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
