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{{Infobox film
| name = Cosmopolis
| name = Cosmopolis
| image = Cosmopolis Poster.jpg
| image = Cosmopolis Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[David Cronenberg]]
| director = [[David Cronenberg]]
| producer = {{plainlist|
* David Cronenberg
* [[Paulo Branco]]
* Renee Tab
* [[Martin Katz (producer)|Martin Katz]]
}}
| screenplay = David Cronenberg
| screenplay = David Cronenberg
| based on = {{Based on|''[[Cosmopolis (novel)|Cosmopolis]]''|[[Don DeLillo]]}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Cosmopolis (novel)|Cosmopolis]]''|[[Don DeLillo]]}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
| producer = [[Paulo Branco]]<br>Renee Tab<br>David Cronenberg<br>Martin Katz
| starring = [[Robert Pattinson]]<br>[[Paul Giamatti]]<br>[[Samantha Morton]]<br>[[Sarah Gadon]]<br>[[Mathieu Amalric]]<br>[[Juliette Binoche]]
* [[Robert Pattinson]]
* [[Paul Giamatti]]
* [[Samantha Morton]]
* [[Sarah Gadon]]
* [[Mathieu Amalric]]
* [[Juliette Binoche]]
* [[Jay Baruchel]]
| music = [[Howard Shore]]<br>[[Metric (band)|Metric]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Metric and K'naan's Contributions to David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis' Soundtrack Revealed|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/metric_knaans_contributions_to_david_cronenbergs_cosmopolis_soundtrack_revealed|work=Exclaim.ca|publisher=Ian Danzig|accessdate=9 September 2012|author=Alex Hudson|date=15|month=May|year=2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.soundtrackgeek.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cosmopolis-by-Howard-Shore-Metric-Benno-2012-297x297.jpg | title = Cosmopolis by Howard Shore Metric Benno | year = 2012 | month = 5 | publisher = Sound track geek | format = [[JPEG]]}}.</ref>
* [[Kevin Durand]]
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| studio = Alfama Films<br>Kinology<br>Prospero Pictures<BR>Toronto Antenna
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| distributor = [[eOne Films]]
| music = [[Howard Shore]]<br>[[Metric (band)|Metric]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Metric and K'naan's Contributions to David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis' Soundtrack Revealed|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/metric_knaans_contributions_to_david_cronenbergs_cosmopolis_soundtrack_revealed|work=Exclaim.ca|publisher=Ian Danzig|access-date=9 September 2012|author=Alex Hudson|date=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.soundtrackgeek.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cosmopolis-by-Howard-Shore-Metric-Benno-2012-297x297.jpg |
| released = {{film date|2012|5|25|[[2012 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]|2012|6|8|Canada|2012|8|17|US}}
title = Cosmopolis by Howard Shore Metric Benno | date = May 2012 | publisher = Sound track geek | format = [[JPEG]] | access-date = 3 June 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131228004851/http://www.soundtrackgeek.com/v2/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cosmopolis-by-Howard-Shore-Metric-Benno-2012-297x297.jpg | archive-date = 28 December 2013 | url-status = usurped }}.</ref>
| runtime = 109 minutes<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF289796/ | title = BBFC | place = [[United Kingdom|UK]]}}</ref>
| cinematography = [[Peter Suschitzky]]
| country = France<br>Canada<br>Portugal<br>Italy
| editing = [[Ronald Sanders (film editor)|Ronald Sanders]]
| studio = {{plainlist|
* [[Paulo Branco|Alfama Films]]<ref name=lac>{{cite web|url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=filvidandsou&IdNumber=445478|title=''Cosmopolis''|work=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|date=25 November 2016 |accessdate=18 July 2023}}</ref>
* Prospero Pictures<ref name=lac/>
* Kinologic Films (DC)<ref name=lac/>
* [[France 2|France 2 Cinéma]]<ref name=lac/>
}}
| distributor = {{plainlist|
* [[Entertainment One]] (Canada)
* Stone Angels (France)
}}
| released = {{film date|df=y|2012|05|25|[[2012 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] and Italy|2012|05|31|Portugal|2012|06|08|Canada}}
| runtime = 109 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 108:49--><ref>{{cite web|title=''COSMOPOLIS'' (15)|url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cosmopolis-2012-1|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=11 May 2012|access-date=25 May 2013}}</ref>
| country = {{plainlist|
* Canada<ref name=lumiere>{{cite web|url=https://lumiere.obs.coe.int/movie/39286#|title=''Cosmopolis''|work=[[Lumiere (database)|Lumiere]]|accessdate=18 July 2023}}</ref>
* France<ref name=lumiere/>
}}
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $20,500,000<ref>{{cite web|title=Cosmopolis (2012)|url=http://www.movieinsider.com/m6208/cosmopolis/production/|publisher=Movieinsider|accessdate=2 January 2013}}</ref>
| budget = $20.5 million<ref>{{cite web|title=''Cosmopolis'' (2012)|date=June 2012 |url=http://www.movieinsider.com/m6208/cosmopolis/production/|publisher=Movieinsider|access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>
| gross = $6,063,556<ref name=BOM>{{cite web|title=Cosmopolis (2012)|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cosmopolis.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=31 October 2012}}</ref> <!-- Please do not change the number unless it says so on Box Office Mojo! Furthermore, if you change the number, also update the access date! -->}}
| gross = $7.1 million<ref name=BOM>{{cite web|title=''Cosmopolis'' (2012)|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cosmopolis.htm|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=31 October 2012}}</ref> <!-- Please do not change the number unless it says so on Box Office Mojo! Furthermore, if you change the number, also update the access date! -->
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'''''Cosmopolis''''' is a 2012 [[drama film]] written, produced, and directed by [[David Cronenberg]]. It stars [[Robert Pattinson]], [[Paul Giamatti]], [[Samantha Morton]], [[Sarah Gadon]], [[Mathieu Amalric]], [[Juliette Binoche]], [[Jay Baruchel]] and [[Kevin Durand]]. It is based on [[Don DeLillo]]'s [[Cosmopolis (novel)|2003 novel of the same name]].
'''''Cosmopolis''''' is a 2012 [[drama film|drama]] [[science fiction film]] written, produced and directed by [[David Cronenberg]] and starring [[Robert Pattinson]]. It is based on the [[Cosmopolis (novel)|novel of the same name]] by [[Don DeLillo]]. On May 25, 2012, the film premiered in competition for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |accessdate=2012-04-19 |work = Cannes}}</ref> drawing mixed early critical reactions.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cosmopolis/| title= Cosmopolis| publisher= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]| accessdate= May 26, 2012}}</ref> The film was released in Canada on June 8, 2012,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=187151 | title = ''Cosmopolis'' | first= Norman | last= Wilner | work = [[Now (magazine)|Now]] | location = [[Toronto]] | date = June 7–14, 2012 | volume= 31 | issue= 41 | accessdate = July 26, 2012}}</ref> and began a limited release in the United States on August 17, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://collider.com/cosmopolis-release-date-robert-pattinson/171662/ | title =Cosmopolis, Playing The Field and The Words Release Dates|author=Adam Chitwood|date=June 7, 2012|publisher=Collider.com |accessdate=June 7, 2012}}</ref> It is Cronenberg's first foray into sci-fi cinema since 1999's [[eXistenZ]]

On 25 May 2012, the film premiered in competition for the [[Palme d'Or]] at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="Official Selection">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |access-date=19 April 2012 |work = Cannes}}</ref> The film was released in Canada on 8 June 2012,<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=187151 | title = ''Cosmopolis'' | first = Norman | last = Wilner | work = [[Now (newspaper)|Now]] | location = [[Toronto]] | date = 7–14 June 2012 | volume = 31 | issue = 41 | access-date = 26 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121123055544/http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=187151 | archive-date = 23 November 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and began a [[limited release]] in the United States on 17 August 2012 by [[Entertainment One|eOne Films]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/cosmopolis-release-date-robert-pattinson/171662/|title=Cosmopolis, Playing The Field and The Words Release Dates|author=Adam Chitwood|date=7 June 2012|publisher=Collider.com|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-date=22 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134500/http://collider.com/cosmopolis-release-date-robert-pattinson/171662/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is Cronenberg's first script since ''[[Existenz|eXistenZ]]'' in 1999. It received polarizing reviews on both [[Rotten Tomatoes]] and [[Metacritic]] and [[Box-office bomb|performed poorly at the box office.]]


==Plot==
==Plot==
A 28-year-old billionaire [[speculation|currency speculator]]/asset manager Eric Packer ([[Robert Pattinson]]), rides slowly across [[Manhattan]], despite [[traffic jam]]s, in his state-of-the-art luxury [[stretch limousine]] that he uses as his office, while on his way to his preferred [[barber]]. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the [[President of the United States]] and by the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a [[Sufism|Sufi]] [[rap artist]] whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite his clearly plummeting fortunes, Packer fantasizes about buying the Mark [[Rothko Chapel]]. He has recently married; he meets his wife in her taxi, in a library and outside a theater. She doesn't seem interested in having sex with her husband, Packer. Packer has sex with other women, and his wife takes it as a reason for breaking their union. Meanwhile, [[anti-capitalist]] activists on the street demonstrate by waving rats and declaring that "A specter is haunting the world: the specter of [[capitalism]]". They [[spray-paint]] Packer's limo, and he is later subjected to a [[pieing]] by one of the activists. Packer learns that an assassin is out to kill him, but seems curiously uninterested in who the person might be.


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In his car, while having a meeting, he has his doctor carry out his daily medical checkup; Eric worries about the doctor's finding that he has an asymmetrical [[prostate]]. After devastating [[currency speculation]], which wipes out most of his fortune, his world begins to disintegrate. Eventually he kills his bodyguard. Arriving at the barber, who knew his father, Packer has his hair cut on one side. The barber and the black limo driver discuss their respective careers driving cabs and the barber, learning that Packer has thrown away his gun, gives him his own gun. Packer follows a path of further self-destruction, including visiting his potential murderer, Richard Sheets a.k.a. Benno Levin, a man who used to work for him. Packer seems likely to commit [[suicide]] but instead deliberately shoots himself in the hand. The murderer, who feels adrift in the capitalist system, explains to Packer that his mistake in speculating was looking for perfect symmetry and patterns in the stock market; instead, he should have looked for the lopsided - his body with its asymmetrical prostate was telling him this. The film ends with the potential murderer holding a gun to Eric's head and threatening to kill him, but a final shot is not shown.
Twenty-eight-year-old billionaire and currency speculator Eric Packer rides slowly across [[Manhattan]] amid traffic jams, in his state-of-the-art luxury [[stretch limousine]] office, to his preferred barber. Various visitors discuss the meaning of life and inconsequential trivia. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the [[President of the United States]] and the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a [[rap artist]] whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite devastating currency speculation losses over the course of the day, Packer fantasizes about buying the [[Rothko Chapel]].

He meets his wife, Elise, in her taxi, for coffee, in a bookstore, as well as outside a theater. She declines sex with him. Packer has sex with two other women. When a day of poor trading destroys a large part of his wealth, his wife takes this as a reason to dissolve their union.

Anti-capitalist activists demonstrate on the street. They wave rats and declare, "A spectre is haunting the world: the spectre of capitalism". They spray-paint Packer's limo and later subject him to a [[pieing]]. Packer learns that an assassin has targeted him but seems uninterested in who the person might be.

In Eric's car, his doctor performs his daily medical checkup. Eric worries about the doctor's finding that he has an asymmetrical [[prostate]]. As the currency speculation wipes out most of his fortune, Eric's world begins to disintegrate. Eventually he kills his bodyguard. At the destination, the barber, who knew his father, cuts Eric's hair on one side. The barber and limo driver discuss their respective careers driving cabs. The barber gives Eric his gun because he threw away the bodyguard's.

Eric follows a path of further self-destruction, visiting his potential murderer, former employee Richard Sheets, a.k.a. Benno Levin. Eric seems ready to commit suicide, but instead deliberately shoots himself in the hand. Sheets, who feels adrift in the capitalist system, explains that Eric's mistake in speculating was looking for perfect symmetry and patterns in the currency market: he should have looked for the lopsided—his body with its asymmetrical prostate was telling him this. As Sheets points the gun to Eric's head, Eric seems to have overcome his fear of death as he waits for Sheets to pull the trigger. Eric's fate is left unknown.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Robert Pattinson]] as Eric Packer
* [[Robert Pattinson]] as Eric Packer
* [[Sarah Gadon]] as Elise Packer (née Shifrin), Eric's wife
* [[Jay Baruchel]] as Shiner
* [[Philip Nozuka]] as Michael Chin
* [[Paul Giamatti]] as Benno Levin
* [[Paul Giamatti]] as Benno Levin
* [[Kevin Durand]] as Torval
* [[Kevin Durand]] as Torval, Eric's Chief of Security
* [[Abdul Ayoola]] as Ibrahim Hamadou, Eric's driver
* [[Juliette Binoche]] as Didi Fancher, Eric's art consultant, with whom Eric has an affair
* [[Juliette Binoche]] as Didi Fancher, Eric's art consultant, with whom Eric has an affair
* [[Samantha Morton]] as Vija Kinsky, Eric’s chief of theory
* [[Emily Hampshire]] as Jane Melman, Eric's Chief of Finance
* [[Bob Bainborough]] as Dr. Ingram, Eric's physician
*[[Sarah Gadon]] as Elise Shifrin
*[[Mathieu Amalric]] as André Petrescu aka The Pastry Assassin
* [[Samantha Morton]] as Vija Kinsky, Eric's Chief of Theory
*[[K'naan]] as Brutha Fez, a rap artist
* [[Zeljko Kecojevic]] as Danko, Eric's veteran bodyguard
*[[Emily Hampshire]] as Jane Melman, Eric's chief of finance
* [[Jay Baruchel]] as Shiner, Eric's Head of Technology and Cyber Security and startup partner
*[[Patricia McKenzie]] as Kendra Hays, Eric's bodyguard, with whom Eric has an affair
* [[Philip Nozuka]] as Michael Chin, Eric's young Systems Analyst
* [[Mathieu Amalric]] as André Petrescu aka The Pastry Assassin
* [[Patricia McKenzie]] as Kendra Hays, Eric's new bodyguard, with whom Eric has an affair
* [[K'naan]] as Brutha Fez, a rap artist who is one of Eric's favorite musicians
}}


==Production==
==Production==
News about a film adaptation of ''Cosmopolis'' first emerged on 10 February 2009. ''[[Screen Daily]]'' called it [[Paulo Branco]]'s "most ambitious project to date" and estimated the budget at $10m–12 million.<ref>{{Citation | last = Macnab | first = Geoffrey | publisher = Screen Daily | url = http://www.screendaily.com/paolo-branco-plots-cosmopolis/4043226.article | title = Paolo Branco plots Cosmopolis}}.</ref> On 26 July 2009, [[David Cronenberg]] was announced as the director.{{relevance inline|date=July 2023}} The film was scheduled to begin filming in 2010, produced by Branco's production house Alfama Films and Cronenberg's Toronto Antenna Ltd.<ref>{{cite web | title = Director David Cronenberg takes on 'Cosmopolis' | publisher = Yahoo! | location = Canada | work = News | date = 26 July 2009 | url = http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090726/entertainment/centertainment_us_cronenberg | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090730201844/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090726/entertainment/centertainment_us_cronenberg | archive-date = 30 July 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> Branco said Cronenberg had written the screenplay and had moved on to casting in September 2009.<ref>{{Citation | first = Geoffrey | last = Macnab | publisher = Screen Daily | url = http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/venice/venice-news/larry-clark-to-direct-troubled-teen-drama-wild-child/5005251.article | title = Lawrence 'Larry' Clark to direct trouble teen drama: wild child}}.</ref> On 13 January 2010, Cronenberg said he was still committed to the film but had not started production.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.680news.com/entertainment/article/16733--david-cronenberg-wants-keira-knightley-for-freud-jung-drama-the-talking-cure |title=David Cronenberg wants Keira Knightley for Freud-Jung drama 'The Talking Cure' |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=680 News |first=Victoria |last=Ahearn |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=5 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Principal photography]] took place in [[Toronto]] and was completed in July 2011. [[Colin Farrell]] was initially cast in the main role but left due to scheduling difficulties with ''[[Total Recall (2012 film)|Total Recall]]''.<ref>Hubschman, Daniel (6 January 2011). [https://archive.today/20130103044857/http://www.hollywood.com/news/Robert_Pattinson_Replaces_Colin_Farrell_In_Cronenbergs_Cosmopolis/7746266 "Robert Pattinson Replaces Colin Farrell In Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'"]. ''Hollywood.com''. Retrieved 2011-05-27.</ref> He was later replaced by Pattinson. [[Marion Cotillard]] was involved in the project but also left because of scheduling conflicts.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Ward|first=Kate|title=Marion Cotillard out of David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/01/20/marion-cotillard-out-of-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=26 October 2019|date=20 January 2011}}</ref>
News about a film adaptation of ''Cosmopolis'' first emerged on 10 February 2009 when Geoffrey Macnab, writing for Screendaily.com, reported that "In his most ambitious project to date, international producer [[Paulo Branco]] is plotting a $10m-12m film based on the novel Cosmopolis by legendary US writer Don DeLillo. Branco's Alfama Films is producing the film about a day in the life of a young billionaire financier who, over the course of a traumatic day, loses all his wealth. A director will be named shortly and DeLillo is on board to collaborate."<ref>{{Citation | last = Macnab | first = Geoffrey | publisher = Screen Daily | url = http://www.screendaily.com/paolo-branco-plots-cosmopolis/4043226.article | title = Paolo Branco plots Cosmopolis}}.</ref>

On July 26, 2009, it was announced that Canadian director [[David Cronenberg]] had become involved in the project and would now bring the novel to the screen. The film was scheduled to begin filming in 2010, with Paulo Branco's Paris-based production house Alfama Films co-producing with Cronenberg's Toronto Antenna Ltd.<ref>{{cite web| title =Director David Cronenberg takes on 'Cosmopolis'| publisher = Yahoo! | location = Canada | work = News| date = 2009‐7‐26 | url = http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/090726/entertainment/centertainment_us_cronenberg}}</ref>

On September 3, 2009, Paulo Branco officially confirmed to Screendaily.com that "Cronenberg has now finished his screenplay and is now looking to cast the film."<ref>{{Citation | first = Geoffrey | last = Macnab | publisher = Screen Daily | url = http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/venice/venice-news/larry-clark-to-direct-troubled-teen-drama-wild-child/5005251.article | title = Lawrence ‘Larry’ Clark to direct trouble teen drama: wild child}}.</ref>

On January 13, 2010, it was reported that Cronenberg was still committed to the film, although a cast and a starting date for production were yet to be announced. Cronenberg said that everyone was "happy with the script" and he was "very fond" of the project.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.680news.com/entertainment/article/16733--david-cronenberg-wants-keira-knightley-for-freud-jung-drama-the-talking-cure |title=David Cronenberg wants Keira Knightley for Freud-Jung drama 'The Talking Cure' |work=[[The Canadian Press]] |publisher=680 News |first=Victoria |last=Ahearn |date=13 January 2010 |accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref>

The filming took place in Toronto and was completed in July 2011.

[[Colin Farrell]] was initially cast in the main role but left due to scheduling difficulties with ''[[Total Recall (2012 film)|Total Recall]]''.<ref>Hubschman, Daniel (2011-01-06). [http://www.hollywood.com/news/Robert_Pattinson_Replaces_Colin_Farrell_In_Cronenbergs_Cosmopolis/7746266 "Robert Pattinson Replaces Colin Farrell In Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'"]. ''Hollywood.com''. Retrieved 2011-05-27.</ref> He was later replaced by Pattinson. [[Marion Cotillard]] was involved in the project but also left because of scheduling conflicts.<ref>Ward, Kate (2011-01-20). [http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/01/20/marion-cotillard-out-of-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis "Marion Cotillard out of David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis'"]. ''InsideMovies.EW.com''. Retrieved 2011-05-27.</ref>


==Music==
==Music==
{{Main|Cosmopolis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack}}
The soundtrack for Cosmopolis reunited composer [[Howard Shore]] and the Canadian [[indie rock]] band [[Metric (band)|Metric]] who had previously collaborated on a song for [[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)|''Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' soundtrack]] (which had also starred [[Robert Pattinson]]). While writing the score for ''Cosmopolis'', Shore desired a particular live sound and invited Metric to perform the score and co-write three songs. The music was recorded in November 2011 at the band's own Giant Studios in Toronto, produced by Howard Shore and Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw, and mixed by John O'Mahony at Liberty Studios in Toronto and Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The Cosmopolis soundtrack also features ''Mecca'' by Somali Singer/Rapper K'naan with lyrics by the K'naan and Don DeLillo.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metric Score David Cronenberg's Don DeLillo Adaptation Cosmopolis|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/news/44282-metric-score-david-cronenbergs-don-delillo-adaptation-cosmopolis/?utm_medium=site&utm_source=more-content&utm_name=news|work=Pitchfork|publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc|accessdate=9 September 2012|author=Carrie Battan|date=13|month=October|year=2011}}</ref> Film Music Magazine's Daniel Schweiger praised the soundtrack as "an environment of hallucinatory beauty. There’s a real intelligence to the rock-alt. material here that goes beyond many indie star-composer collaborations."<ref>{{cite web|title=June Soundtrack Picks|url=http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=9676|work=Film Music Magazine|publisher=Global Media Online, Inc|accessdate=9 September 2012|author=Daniel Schweiger|date=25|month=June|year=2012}}</ref> James Christopher Monger of Allmusic.com lauded [[Emily Haines]] for her "strong vocal performances on the ghostly "Long to Live" and "Call Me Home," switching to a full-on banshee wail for the pulsating "I Don't Want to Wake Up."" and wrote the score was "one of the most engaging soundtracks of the year."<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/cosmopolis-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0002375251 | publisher = All music | title = Cosmopolis original motion picture soundtrack}}.</ref>
The film's musical score is composed by Cronenberg's norm composer [[Howard Shore]]. He associated with the Canadian [[indie rock]] band [[Metric (band)|Metric]] for the second time after their collaboration on a song for [[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)|''Twilight Saga: Eclipse'' soundtrack]]. Metric composed three songs for the film, along with Somali-Canadian rapper [[K'naan]] performing one song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cosmopolis|url=http://howerecords.com/cosmopolis/|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> The album was released on 4 June 2012.<ref name="all">{{cite web|title=Cosmopolis [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]|website=[[AllMusic]] |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/cosmopolis-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0002375251|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
[[File:Cosmopolis Cannes 2012 2.jpg|thumb|[[David Cronenberg]], [[Robert Pattinson]], and [[Juliette Binoche]] promoting the film at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
[[File:Cosmopolis Cannes 2012 2.jpg|thumb|[[David Cronenberg]], [[Robert Pattinson]] and [[Juliette Binoche]] promoting the film at the [[2012 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
[[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports that 67% of 189 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.10/10. The consensus says, "Though some may find it cold and didactic, ''Cosmopolis'' benefits from David Cronenberg's precise direction, resulting in a psychologically complex adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel."<ref>{{Citation | title = Cosmopolis (2012) | url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cosmopolis/ | publisher = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date = 3 May 2020}}.</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 35 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cosmopolis | title=Cosmopolis | website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref>
''Cosmopolis'' premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] on May 25, 2012.


''Cosmopolis'' received positive reviews. [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave the film 65%, based on 155 reviews. The consensus says, "Though some may find it cold and didactic, Cosmopolis benefits from David Cronenberg's precise direction, resulting in a psychologically complex adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel."<ref>{{rottentomatoes|cosmopolis}}</ref> Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "An eerily precise match of filmmaker and material, ''Cosmopolis'' probes the soullessness of the 1% with the cinematic equivalent of latex gloves. ... Pattinson's excellent performance reps an indispensable asset."<ref>{{Citation | last = Chang | first = Justin | date = 2012-05-25 | format = review | title = Cosmopolis | url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947638/ | newspaper = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | accessdate = 2012-05-29}}.</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''The Telegraph'' gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "It's a smart inversion of Cronenberg’s 1999 film ''[[eXistenZ]]'': rather than being umbilically connected to a virtual world, Packer is hermetically sealed off from the real one. At its heart is a sensational central performance from Robert Pattinson as Packer. Pattinson plays him like a human caldera; stony on the surface, with volcanic chambers of nervous energy and self-loathing churning deep below."<ref>{{Citation | last = Collin | first = Robbie | date = 2012-05-26 | title = Cannes 2012: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis | format = review | url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9290609/Cannes-2012-Robert-Pattinson-in-Cosmopolis-review.html | newspaper = The Telegraph | accessdate = 2012-05-29}}.</ref> Ross Miller of ''Thoughts On Film'' also gave the film four out of five stars stating that, "If, like me, you’re in-tune with the tone, style and direction of the film then it provides for a fascinating and intellectually nourishing experience."<ref>{{Citation | last = Miller | first = Ross | date = 2012-06-14 | url = http://thoughtsonfilm.co.uk/movie-reviews/cosmopolis-movie-review/ | publisher = Thoughts on Film | accessdate = 2012-08-26 | title = Cosmopolis movie | format = review}}.</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated, "Cosmopolis includes its own version of the Occupy hordes: scruffy, vengeful protesters who run around the streets, and into restaurants, brandishing the bodies of dead rats. ... Pattinson, pale and predatory even without his pasty-white vampire makeup, delivers his frigid pensées with rhythmic confidence."<ref>{{Citation | last = Gleiberman | first = Owen | date = 2012-05-25 | title = Inside movies | url = http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/25/cannes-robert-pattinson-in-cosmopolis/ | publisher = EW | accessdate = 2012-05-29 | contribution = Cannes: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis}}.</ref> A very positive review came from The London Film Review, which said "The fact is, Cronenberg made a movie for YOU. The 99%. A movie that reflects, comments on[,] satirizes and parodies our time."<ref>http://www.thelondonfilmreview.com/film-review/re-review-cosmopolis/</ref>
Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "An eerily precise match of filmmaker and material, ''Cosmopolis'' probes the soullessness of the 1% with the cinematic equivalent of latex gloves. ... Pattinson's excellent performance reps an indispensable asset."<ref>{{Citation | last = Chang | first = Justin | date = 25 May 2012 | format = review | title = Cosmopolis | url = https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117947638/ | newspaper = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | access-date = 29 May 2012}}.</ref> [[Robbie Collin]] of ''The Telegraph'' gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "It's a smart inversion of Cronenberg's 1999 film ''[[eXistenZ]]'': rather than being umbilically connected to a virtual world, Packer is hermetically sealed off from the real one. At its heart is a sensational central performance from Robert Pattinson as Packer. Pattinson plays him like a human caldera; stony on the surface, with volcanic chambers of nervous energy and self-loathing churning deep below."<ref>{{Citation | last = Collin | first = Robbie | date = 26 May 2012 | title = Cannes 2012: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis | format = review | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/9290609/Cannes-2012-Robert-Pattinson-in-Cosmopolis-review.html | newspaper = The Telegraph | access-date = 29 May 2012 | location=London}}.</ref> Ross Miller of ''Thoughts On Film'' also gave the film four out of five stars stating that, "If, like me, you're in-tune with the tone, style and direction of the film then it provides for a fascinating and intellectually nourishing experience."<ref>{{Citation | last = Miller | first = Ross | date = 14 June 2012 | url = http://thoughtsonfilm.co.uk/movie-reviews/cosmopolis-movie-review/ | publisher = Thoughts on Film | access-date = 26 August 2012 | title = Cosmopolis movie | format = review}}.</ref> [[Owen Gleiberman]] of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' stated, "''Cosmopolis'' includes its own version of the [[Occupy movement|Occupy]] hordes: scruffy, vengeful protesters who run around the streets, and into restaurants, brandishing the bodies of dead rats. ... Pattinson, pale and predatory even without his pasty-white vampire makeup, delivers his frigid pensées with rhythmic confidence."<ref>{{Citation | last = Gleiberman | first = Owen | date = 25 May 2012 | title=Cannes: Robert Pattinson plays a lethal finance bad boy in David Cronenberg's 'Cosmopolis.' Plus, a Palme d'Or conspiracy theory|url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/05/25/cannes-robert-pattinson-in-cosmopolis/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly| access-date=26 October 2019}}.</ref> A very positive review came from ''The London Film Review'', which said "The fact is, Cronenberg made a movie for YOU. The 99%. A movie that reflects, comments on[,] satirizes and parodies our time."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thelondonfilmreview.com/film-review/re-review-cosmopolis/| title=Re-review: Cosmopolis| access-date=26 September 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828131243/http://www.thelondonfilmreview.com/film-review/re-review-cosmopolis/| archive-date=28 August 2012| url-status=dead }}</ref>


However, [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' criticized the film writing, "Lifeless, stagey and lacking a palpable subversive pulse despite the ready opportunities offered by the material, this stillborn adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel initially will attract some Robert Pattinson fans but will be widely met with audience indifference."<ref>{{Citation | last = McCarthy | first = Todd | date = 2012-05-25 | url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cosmopolis-review-robert-pattinson-cannes-329230?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter | newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | accessdate = 2012-05-29 | format = review | title = Cosmopolis, Robert Pattinson, Cannes}}.</ref>
However, [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' criticized the film, writing, "Lifeless, stagey and lacking a palpable subversive pulse despite the ready opportunities offered by the material, this stillborn adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel initially will attract some Robert Pattinson fans but will be widely met with audience indifference."<ref>{{Citation | last = McCarthy | first = Todd | date = 25 May 2012 | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cosmopolis-review-robert-pattinson-cannes-329230 | newspaper = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | access-date = 29 May 2012 | format = review | title = Cosmopolis, Robert Pattinson, Cannes}}.</ref>


''[[Cahiers du Cinéma]]'' named it the year's second-best title, while ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' listed it as the eighth-best film of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|work=Cahiers du cinéma|url=https://www.cahiersducinema.com/produit/top-ten-2012|title=Top Ten 2012, Décembre 2012 n°684}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='The Master' named 2012's best in Sight & Sound critics' poll|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/the-master-named-2012s-best-in-sight-sound-critics-poll|access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> Keith Uhlich of ''[[Time Out New York]]'' named ''Cosmopolis'' the tenth-best film of 2012.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Uhlich|first=Keith|date=December 13, 2012|title=Keith Uhlich's Ten Best Movies of 2012|work=Time Out New York|url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-best-movies-of-2012?pageNumber=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219045904/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/film/the-best-movies-of-2012?pageNumber=4|archive-date=19 December 2012|url-status=live|access-date=June 17, 2020}}</ref>
[[Sight & Sound]] film magazine listed the film at #8 on its list of best films of 2012,<ref>http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/the-master-named-2012s-best-in-sight-sound-critics-poll</ref> and [[Cahiers du Cinema]] placed it at #2.<ref>http://movieline.com/2012/11/21/cahiers-du-cinema-top-10-holy-motors-cosmopolis-pattinson-2012</ref>


Film critic [[Amy Taubin]] named ''Cosmopolis'' one of her ten favorite films of all time when she participated in the [[The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012|2012 ''Sight & Sound'' critics' poll]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Amy Taubin|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/819|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630192001/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/819|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2016|access-date=19 June 2020|website=The British Film Institute}}</ref>
It is notable that even though the film is ostensibly set in [[Manhattan]], Toronto landmarks such as the Canon Theatre (now the [[Ed Mirvish Theatre]]) feature in the film.

==Accolades==
{{Anchor|Awards}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Recipient
! Result
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2012
| [[Cannes Film Festival]]
| [[Palme d'Or]]
| [[David Cronenberg]]
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Cannes 2012: Michael Haneke wins second Palme d'Or for Amour|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/may/27/cannes-palme-haneke-amour|access-date=22 May 2013 | location=London|work=The Guardian|first=Catherine|last=Shoard|date=27 May 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[World Soundtrack Academy]]
| [[World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year|Soundtrack Composer of the Year]]
| [[Howard Shore]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="10"| 2013
| rowspan="3"| [[Canadian Screen Awards]]
| [[1st Canadian Screen Awards#Adapted Screenplay|Adapted Screenplay]]
| David Cronenberg
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1st Canadian Screen Awards|Achievement in Music: Original Score]]
| Howard Shore
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Seven SOCAN members win in 1st Canadian Screen Awards|url=http://www.socan.ca/news/seven-socan-members-win-2013-canadian-screen-awards|access-date=19 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523101416/http://www.socan.ca/news/seven-socan-members-win-2013-canadian-screen-awards|archive-date=23 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[1st Canadian Screen Awards|Achievement in Music: Original Song]]
| [[Emily Haines]], [[James Shaw (musician)|James Shaw]] and Howard Shore, "Long to Live"
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Canadian Screen Awards winners: Rebelle cleans up movie awards, Flashpoint tops in TV drama|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/03/03/canadian_screen_awards_winners_rebelle_cleans_up_movie_awards_flashpoint_tops_in_tv_drama.html|access-date=19 November 2013 | location=Toronto|work=The Star|date=3 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| David Cronenberg
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Awards (16th Annual)|date=24 December 2012 |url=http://www.ofcs.org/awards/2012-awards-16th-annual/|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle]]
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Canadian Film|Best Film – Canadian]]
|
| {{nom}}<ref name="a">{{cite web|title=2013 VFCC Nominees Announced!|date=28 December 2012 |url=http://vancouverfilmcritics.com/2012/12/27/2013-vfcc-nominees-announced/|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| Best Director – Canadian Film
| David Cronenberg
| {{nom}}<ref name="a" />
|-
| [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film|Best Actor in a Canadian Film]]
| [[Robert Pattinson]]
| {{nom}}<ref name="a" />
|-
|rowspan=2| Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film
| [[Samantha Morton]]
| {{nom}}<ref name="a" />
|-
| [[Sarah Gadon]]
| {{won}}<ref>{{cite web|title='Zero Dark Thirty' wins big with Vancouver critics|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/zero-dark-thirty-wins-big-with-vancouver-critics|access-date=22 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best DVD or Blu-ray Release|Best DVD/Blu-ray Release]]
|
| {{nom}}<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 Saturn Award Nominees|url=http://scifi.about.com/od/awardsforscififantasy/a/Saturn-Award-Nominations-2013.htm|access-date=22 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510161358/http://scifi.about.com/od/awardsforscififantasy/a/Saturn-Award-Nominations-2013.htm|archive-date=10 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|}


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Latest revision as of 20:29, 15 December 2024

Cosmopolis
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Cronenberg
Screenplay byDavid Cronenberg
Based onCosmopolis
by Don DeLillo
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Edited byRonald Sanders
Music byHoward Shore
Metric[2][3]
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 25 May 2012 (2012-05-25) (Cannes and Italy)
  • 31 May 2012 (2012-05-31) (Portugal)
  • 8 June 2012 (2012-06-08) (Canada)
Running time
109 minutes[5]
Countries
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20.5 million[6]
Box office$7.1 million[7]

Cosmopolis is a 2012 drama film written, produced, and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Juliette Binoche, Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand. It is based on Don DeLillo's 2003 novel of the same name.

On 25 May 2012, the film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[8] The film was released in Canada on 8 June 2012,[9] and began a limited release in the United States on 17 August 2012 by eOne Films.[10] It is Cronenberg's first script since eXistenZ in 1999. It received polarizing reviews on both Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic and performed poorly at the box office.

Plot

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Twenty-eight-year-old billionaire and currency speculator Eric Packer rides slowly across Manhattan amid traffic jams, in his state-of-the-art luxury stretch limousine office, to his preferred barber. Various visitors discuss the meaning of life and inconsequential trivia. The traffic jams are caused by a visit of the President of the United States and the funeral of Eric's favorite musician, a rap artist whose music he plays in one of his two private elevators. Despite devastating currency speculation losses over the course of the day, Packer fantasizes about buying the Rothko Chapel.

He meets his wife, Elise, in her taxi, for coffee, in a bookstore, as well as outside a theater. She declines sex with him. Packer has sex with two other women. When a day of poor trading destroys a large part of his wealth, his wife takes this as a reason to dissolve their union.

Anti-capitalist activists demonstrate on the street. They wave rats and declare, "A spectre is haunting the world: the spectre of capitalism". They spray-paint Packer's limo and later subject him to a pieing. Packer learns that an assassin has targeted him but seems uninterested in who the person might be.

In Eric's car, his doctor performs his daily medical checkup. Eric worries about the doctor's finding that he has an asymmetrical prostate. As the currency speculation wipes out most of his fortune, Eric's world begins to disintegrate. Eventually he kills his bodyguard. At the destination, the barber, who knew his father, cuts Eric's hair on one side. The barber and limo driver discuss their respective careers driving cabs. The barber gives Eric his gun because he threw away the bodyguard's.

Eric follows a path of further self-destruction, visiting his potential murderer, former employee Richard Sheets, a.k.a. Benno Levin. Eric seems ready to commit suicide, but instead deliberately shoots himself in the hand. Sheets, who feels adrift in the capitalist system, explains that Eric's mistake in speculating was looking for perfect symmetry and patterns in the currency market: he should have looked for the lopsided—his body with its asymmetrical prostate was telling him this. As Sheets points the gun to Eric's head, Eric seems to have overcome his fear of death as he waits for Sheets to pull the trigger. Eric's fate is left unknown.

Cast

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Production

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News about a film adaptation of Cosmopolis first emerged on 10 February 2009. Screen Daily called it Paulo Branco's "most ambitious project to date" and estimated the budget at $10m–12 million.[11] On 26 July 2009, David Cronenberg was announced as the director.[relevant?] The film was scheduled to begin filming in 2010, produced by Branco's production house Alfama Films and Cronenberg's Toronto Antenna Ltd.[12] Branco said Cronenberg had written the screenplay and had moved on to casting in September 2009.[13] On 13 January 2010, Cronenberg said he was still committed to the film but had not started production.[14] Principal photography took place in Toronto and was completed in July 2011. Colin Farrell was initially cast in the main role but left due to scheduling difficulties with Total Recall.[15] He was later replaced by Pattinson. Marion Cotillard was involved in the project but also left because of scheduling conflicts.[16]

Music

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Main article: Cosmopolis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The film's musical score is composed by Cronenberg's norm composer Howard Shore. He associated with the Canadian indie rock band Metric for the second time after their collaboration on a song for Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack. Metric composed three songs for the film, along with Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan performing one song.[17] The album was released on 4 June 2012.[18]

Reception

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David Cronenberg, Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche promoting the film at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival

Rotten Tomatoes reports that 67% of 189 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.10/10. The consensus says, "Though some may find it cold and didactic, Cosmopolis benefits from David Cronenberg's precise direction, resulting in a psychologically complex adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel."[19] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 58 out of 100 based on 35 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[20]

Justin Chang of Variety wrote: "An eerily precise match of filmmaker and material, Cosmopolis probes the soullessness of the 1% with the cinematic equivalent of latex gloves. ... Pattinson's excellent performance reps an indispensable asset."[21] Robbie Collin of The Telegraph gave the film four stars out of five, stating, "It's a smart inversion of Cronenberg's 1999 film eXistenZ: rather than being umbilically connected to a virtual world, Packer is hermetically sealed off from the real one. At its heart is a sensational central performance from Robert Pattinson as Packer. Pattinson plays him like a human caldera; stony on the surface, with volcanic chambers of nervous energy and self-loathing churning deep below."[22] Ross Miller of Thoughts On Film also gave the film four out of five stars stating that, "If, like me, you're in-tune with the tone, style and direction of the film then it provides for a fascinating and intellectually nourishing experience."[23] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly stated, "Cosmopolis includes its own version of the Occupy hordes: scruffy, vengeful protesters who run around the streets, and into restaurants, brandishing the bodies of dead rats. ... Pattinson, pale and predatory even without his pasty-white vampire makeup, delivers his frigid pensées with rhythmic confidence."[24] A very positive review came from The London Film Review, which said "The fact is, Cronenberg made a movie for YOU. The 99%. A movie that reflects, comments on[,] satirizes and parodies our time."[25]

However, Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film, writing, "Lifeless, stagey and lacking a palpable subversive pulse despite the ready opportunities offered by the material, this stillborn adaptation of Don DeLillo's novel initially will attract some Robert Pattinson fans but will be widely met with audience indifference."[26]

Cahiers du Cinéma named it the year's second-best title, while Sight & Sound listed it as the eighth-best film of 2012.[27][28] Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York named Cosmopolis the tenth-best film of 2012.[29]

Film critic Amy Taubin named Cosmopolis one of her ten favorite films of all time when she participated in the 2012 Sight & Sound critics' poll.[30]

Accolades

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Year Award Category Recipient Result
2012 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or David Cronenberg Nominated[31]
World Soundtrack Academy Soundtrack Composer of the Year Howard Shore Nominated
2013 Canadian Screen Awards Adapted Screenplay David Cronenberg Nominated
Achievement in Music: Original Score Howard Shore Won[32]
Achievement in Music: Original Song Emily Haines, James Shaw and Howard Shore, "Long to Live" Won[33]
Online Film Critics Society Best Adapted Screenplay David Cronenberg Nominated[34]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Film – Canadian Nominated[35]
Best Director – Canadian Film David Cronenberg Nominated[35]
Best Actor in a Canadian Film Robert Pattinson Nominated[35]
Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film Samantha Morton Nominated[35]
Sarah Gadon Won[36]
Saturn Award Best DVD/Blu-ray Release Nominated[37]

References

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