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21 Grams
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21 Grams is a 2003 American drama and crime film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. The screenplay was written by Guillermo Arriaga, with production handled by Iñárritu and Ted Hope. The cast includes Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio del Toro, and Danny Huston. Filming took place in New Mexico, and the film was distributed by Focus Features. It has a runtime of 124 minutes and was rated R.
The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actress, as well as BAFTA Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was recognized by the National Board of Review as one of its Top Ten Films. Audience and critic scores include an IMDb rating of 7.6, a Metascore of 70, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 80%. The film earned $60,427,839 in revenue against a budget of $20,000,000.
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Film · TMDB
7.3Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together by a terrible accident that changes their lives.
Cast
- Sean Penn as Paul Rivers
- Naomi Watts as Cristina Peck
- Benicio del Toro as Jack Jordan
- Charlotte Gainsbourg as Mary Rivers
- Danny Huston as Michael Peck
- Melissa Leo as Marianne Jordan
Themes
- life and death
- rage and hate
- transplantation
- faith
- suicide attempt
- loss of loved one
- widow
- ex-detainee
- new mexico
- sadness
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
252,892 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
80%
Metacritic
70/100
- Year
- 2003
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. 30 wins & 79 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Written by
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Produced by
- Alejandro González Iñárritu, Robert Salerno
- Starring
- Sean Penn , Naomi Watts , Benicio del Toro , Melissa Leo , Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Edited by
- Stephen Mirrione
- Music by
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Production company
- This is that
- Distributed by
- Focus Features
- Release dates
- September 5, 2003 ( 2003-09-05 ) ( Venice ) November 21, 2003 ( 2003-11-21 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $60.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Afghanistan
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Suicide
- Director
- Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Screenwriter
- Guillermo Arriaga
- Composer
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Producer
- Ted Hope
- Cinematographer
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Filming location
- New Mexico
- Duration
- 125
- FilmAffinity ID
- 864132
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2004-02-26
- title
- 21 Grams
- film editor
- Stephen Mirrione
- executive producer
- Ted Hope
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 80%
Sources (15)
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Encyclopedic overview
21 Grams is a 2003 American crime thriller film co-produced and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston, and Benicio Del Toro. The second part of Arriaga's and Iñárritu's "Trilogy of Death", preceded by Amores perros (2000) and followed by Babel (2006), 21 Grams interweaves several plot lines in a nonlinear arrangement.
The film's plot is about the consequences of a tragic hit-and-run accident. Penn plays a critically ill mathematician, Watts plays a grief-stricken mother, and Del Toro plays a born-again Christian ex-convict whose faith is sorely tested in the aftermath of the accident. The three main characters each have "past", "present" and "future" story threads, which are shown as non-linear fragments that punctuate elements of the overall story, all imminently coming toward each other and coalescing as the story progresses. Critics gave the film generally favorable reviews, praising Iñárritu's direction, Arriaga's screenplay, and Watts' and Del Toro's performances. 21 Grams made $60.4 million at the box office on a $20 million budget. Watts and Del Toro were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor at the 76th Academy Awards.
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