Plot: Paul Rivers is a mathematics professor who needs an organ donation due to a fatal heart transplant. Eventually he gets it, but afterwords, he wants to find out who he has to thank for the new heart. So through a private detective, he finds out that he has the heart through a hit and run, killing the man whose heart was donated and his two daughters. So he tries to get to know the donor's wife while also finding out about the person who caused the hit and run.
With this movie, Blaine stated that it's okay if I needed to watch the movie twice in order to get it. Thankfully I didn't need to do that, but it took only the first 5 ish minutes of the film to understand why he said that. A big part of how hard it was to explain the story for this film is because its told in a very non-linear kind of structural way. So unless you pay close attention to what is happening like I basically did thanks to what Blaine said, you're not going to understand this film. Or at the very least, you will need to watch it more than once in order to get it. With all of that said, this was a very intriguing and enjoyable movie. What really brings it to life is the performances from the actors, Sean Pean, Naomi Watts, Denicio del Toro (who I have a hard time believing that this is the same guy who plays The Collector for the Marvel films after watching this film), and so on. They all did a terrific job in making what is happening to their characters deep yet entertaining. And while the story is told very non-linear like, I will say that they don't tell the story in a way that's so scrambled structurally, that it takes a very long time for anything to begin to make sense. They smartly did make this come together little by little so that you aren't completely lost during the entire experience. If you're not a fan of that kind of film structure or just can't understand it no matter how often you watch it, I can't say I don't understand. This is far from your every day movie. Because again, this was a film that I personally had to pay very close attention to.
And that's my review for 21 Grams. It's a well acted and gripping film that has a non-linear structure to it that isn't so over the place that it takes way too long to understand what is happening. Again, if you're not a fan of that or you can't understand it no matter how hard you try, then this is not the film for you. But if you're interested in seeing a film that is structurally different, and is very well acted and keeps you interested, then check it out and see what you think.
Rating: 85%
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