Mr. Nobody - Review: Love & Complexity

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2015)

Mr. Nobody is a story about love. However, the film is surrounded with ideas. The ideas presented in the film are extremely complex and convoluted (if I may say so myself).
I believe, in order for someone to truly understand Mr. Nobody's story than, you really have to pay attention to all of the details.
Big bang, string theory, 9 spatial dimensions 1 temporal, choice, multiple life paths, time reversal, quasi immortality, human body endorphins, depression, and love are just parts of the ideas that are presented in Mr. Nobody's story. Personally, I became frustrated and lost just thinking about all of the ideas that where presented to me in this film.
Choice. Choice plays a huge part in this film. "It's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice." - Nemo Nobody: Age 9
Multiple life paths. Multiple life paths has the utmost importance in the film. "Each of these lives is the right one! Every path is the right path. Everything could have been anything else and it would have just as much meaning." - Nemo Nobody: Age 118.
Depression. Depression is scattered throughout the film. Depression is involved with every character. "Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps." - Google.com "I often have this dream. In prehistoric times, (a bear is threatening one of Nemos alternate time line wives). I can hear you screaming (Nemo is trying to intimidate this bear while protecting his wife). I chase the bear away and you're not afraid anymore (after a while, the bear finally backs down and walks away). When I wake up, there's no bear, and you're still afraid; and I'm not a bear hunter. I'm an executive at a plant that manufactures photocopying machines that just quit his job. I don't dare to move, I don't live, and whatever I do is a disaster. I would love to chase the bear away and for you not to be afraid anymore." - Nemo Nobody: Age 34
Love. Love is ultimately the basis for Mr. Nobody. "Forever (Nemo is talking to his main love). There is no life without you." - Nemo Nobody: Age 16
The film and Mr. Nobody himself are filled with ideas. In my opinion, I believe that some ideas work and some don't. Some ideas in the film are confusing to me. I really didn't know anything about string theory, 9 spatial dimensions 1 temporal, and human body endorphins. The film did explain itself but, I felt like some things where left up to interpretation (everything that was mentioned in the film I did check into).
Mr. Nobody (in my opinion) is a great movie. However, I do believe that Mr. Nobody suffers from an exhausting, extremely complex, complicated, and convoluted story. Mr. Nobody definitely has to be viewed more than once.