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35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The PlaylistSimon AbramsThe PlaylistSimon AbramsEverything matters in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis, but not everything is necessarily the same as DeLillo's book. And that makes the film, as a series of discussions about inter-related money-minded contradictions, insanely rich and maddeningly complex. We can't wait to rewatch it.
- 88Slant MagazineSlant MagazineDiamond-hard and dazzlingly brilliant, David Cronenberg's film plays like a deeply perverse, darkly comic successor to Videodrome.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfDirector David Cronenberg - who knows a thing or two about bodily expressions - understands, finally, what to do with the Twilight star, turning his zombified handsomeness into a stark canvas upon which we can project our own anxieties.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangAn eerily precise match of filmmaker and material, Cosmopolis probes the soullessness of the 1% with the cinematic equivalent of latex gloves.
- It's Cronenberg's most willfully weird movie since "Spider," and it should prove a tough sell despite Pattinson's ample star power.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe trouble with Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg's faithful-to-a-fault adaptation from Don DeLillo's 2003 novel, is that it's more metaphor than meat.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film comes off as an elaborately didactic and overheated lecture.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceTo the extent that Cosmopolis functions as a super-literal conceptual exercise, it's simultaneously irritating and fascinating.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAfter a strong run of films during the past decade, David Cronenberg blows a tire with Cosmopolis.
- 30TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissVapid, claustrophobic drama.