An Underrated Gem.

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2014)

When I first heard of Mr. Nobody I had no idea what to think. The poster just intrigued me. So looking at the trailer I quickly gained more interest into the film Then I saw it. I LOVED it. I loved it so much I watched it about 4 more times. I just love the movie. And usually I don't want to review movies on IMDb unless I want to talk about them. Mr. Nobody is a film I want to talk about now.
STORY LINE: The story is kinda confusing here. Anyways, Nemo Nobody (Jared Leto) is 118 years old. This is the world of quasi-immortality. NO ONE can die. But he is the last mortal. So he will be the last to die. During the course of his life, he tells many tales. He then at age 9. Is given a decision go with his mom (Natasha Little) or his dad (Rhys Ifans) And with this decision he meets 3 lovers. Anna (Diane Kruger) Elise (Sarah Polley) and Jeanne (Linh-Dan Pham) My only problem with the story line is that. There are some things that need to be explained. Like why at the end of the film, they have him going backwards through time? Why in the begging of the film when he is living with Elise he gets a picture of him and Jeanne and the mailman is walking backwards. However I think the story is completely brilliant and great. So see the film for the story aspect.
CHARACTERS & ACTING: Going into Mr. Nobody I wasn't expecting any great acting. But it was good. Kinda underused though. Jared Leto is good. He doesn't look lost at all and he seems like he is trying to guide the audience along perfectly. They underused Sarah Polley, Linh-Dan Pham and Rhys Ifans in my opinion. Sarah is probably the best but she has like 30 minutes of screen time. Rhys is like maybe 15 minutes. And Linh gets around 10-15 minutes. the characters are great and well memorable. Especially Elise. And Nemo predicting the future idea was kinda cool also.
ETC: Jaco Van Dormael is the director. He is very good at visual effects and storytelling. And it SHOWS in this. He obviously is very talented. I also like Pierre Van Dormael's OST to the movie. The visuals just POP out onto the screen and the meanings of the film make a lot of sense. Other then that I love the movie and you should to.