Memorable, crazy movie

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

As Good As It Gets

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I stuck with this because of Ryan Reynolds, Melissa McCarthy and Elle Fanning, whose individual unity of mind/body/spirit and talent kept me from walking away in disgust. I was bothered the whole way by vague puzzles, but toward the end I started thinking about Ingmar Bergman, remembering his films, which I saw religiously beginning in 1958, when I was a first-year student at university.The copy of "The Nines" available to me happens to have Swedish sub-titles, which felt very appropriate. I strongly suggest that the film deserves patience. Lord knows, the cinematography gives the viewer plenty to do while you sort out the annoying questions raised by sequence, characterization, and coy hints at numerological significance.There is a unified sense of sincerity behind whatever-the-hell is going on. For all I know Hope Davis represented The Whore of Babylon--a very different persona from Tony Stark's doomed Mom in "Captain America: Civil War." In truth, I have to watch this move--"The Nines"--again. And because of it, I also have to re-view Bergman's work. For the moment, I take "The Nines" as a well-crafted exploration of anybody's reality, laid out by a cruelly meticulous storyteller. Beautifully acted--I remember thinking, "If these fine actors can be patient enough to make this film, I can be patient enough to watch it." And, as I said previously, I'll being in for another viewing. Have fun!!

I gave 3 stars because the actors did an exceptional job with a tedious story that could only be interesting to the writer. It meanders and lags often and leaves you with only an expressionless "huh". It feels insulting that the writer and directors respect their audience so little they don't even try to engage them. As much as I respect the work that goes into any production, The Nines disappoints on so many levels: transitions, interest, a point; it makes the viewer feel like you are grasping for any semblance of a point to hold on to to make it through the movie. My only question post viewing is how in the world did this get past script reviews and the almost insurmountable approval process to actually get produced with amazing actors? Statistically speaking this film is an anomaly for which I should have given one extra star.

Alright so I was not sure whether I should watch it as the rating in both IMDb and metacritic was bit low but after watching it I can see it is a bit underrated since this movie is quite good and definitely worth your time. So the movie actually consists of three short stories but they are all somehow linked. It gets a bit confusing after you get into the second story and then it gets interesting as you are constantly trying to make sense of it. I wont get into it further as I want you to explore it for yourself. But I do believe at the end you may find it a bit disappointing as did I as I wanted something more. But all in all a good movie in my opinion.

I saw it yesterday and, too much different of what I've read here, I simply saw a housewife completely slaved by the crack. Her pain and dreams are so intense that she creates another world, where she is important, famous and mother at the same time. But all of this has a high cost, each price showed in each chapter. Ryan is the crack itself: he is her best friend, her lover and her husband. When he goes away her imaginary world comes to an end: she is cured. The movie just shows us what her mind creates while she tries to get rid of the power of the drug, the crack. What does Ryan think of all this? He is God, such is the power of the drug. He created Melissa's world and He has the power to destroy it when she is cured.