08/17/2012 Sunshine Cinema 5, New York, NY
08/17/2012 The Landmark 12, West Los Angeles, CA
08/24/2012 Empire 25, New York, NY
08/24/2012 The Beekman, New York, NY
08/24/2012 Kendall Square Cinema 9, Cambridge, MA
08/24/2012 Boston Commons, Boston, MA
08/24/2012 Criterion Cinemas 7, New Haven, CT
08/24/2012 Palace 17 & Odyssey, Hartford, CT
08/24/2012 Ritz at the Bourse, Philadelphia, PA
08/24/2012 Ritz 16, Voorhees, NJ
08/24/2012 E Street Cinema, Washington, DC
08/24/2012 Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, Chicago, IL
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Continuing his love affair of blue-and-black threads, Rob was back in the same navy KENZO button-down shirt that he wore for an appearance last week. This time around, he paired the Fall/Winter 2012 shirt with a classic two-button notched lapel black sport jacket by Band of Outsiders.
Rob kept the look on the casual side by leaving the last few buttons of his shirt undone to reveal his white tee underneath. He partnered his layered tops with a pair of low-slung American Eagle ‘Skinny’ rugged cotton jeans in “Medium 3D Whisker”.
EOnline (very charismatic; straight up man-to-man talk) | Entertainment Weekly (ditched brooding awkwardness for playfulness) | People (managed to avoid talking about his personal life) | Access Hollywood (Rob has not lost his sense of humor) | LA Times (ever charming actor) | Huffington Post (star was all giggles) | Washington Post (at ease and wacky) | The Hollywood Reporter (quite the interview; big change from sullen Edward Cullen days) | US Weekly (good natured Cosmopolis star)Yay for Rob's stellar promo and positive narrative surrounding his performance in the film and in the public eye!
Robert Pattinson is in almost every moment of the film and gives what is without a doubt his career best performance. Pattinson plays Eric Packer with a deep internal rage, like a volcano about to erupt, but with a stone facade. Pattinson able to convey loneliness, fear and greed while being contained in a limo for most of the film. Eric Packer is the center of the film and if Pattinson’s performance was anything less than fantastic the film would have failed. Robert Pattinson gives one of the best performances of the year in Cosmopolis.Excerpt from South Philly Review:
As the lead character, a cold young man of privilege losing his grip on all things, Pattinson is startlingly fantastic, taken to places by Cronenberg he’s never been as an actor...It’s been years since Cronenberg delivered something this visually and aurally articulate, worthy of numerous viewings and readings. The seemingly random, yet keenly perceptive, brilliance of its words taunts you to keep up....It ends with a ripped-from-the-headlines final act that’s as much a squaring off of classes as any scene concerning the French Revolution. And yet, we take it in as just a riveting, terrifically acted exchange between two men.Excerpt from Monsters & Critics:
A stunning performance by Robert PattinsonExcerpt from Larsen on Film, 3.5 out of 4 stars:
Pattinson is very good: clipped, still, yet always a threat. Indeed, he's more of a pained killer here than in the Twilight films. The quick, ideologically dominated dialogue scenes are the heart of the film - "All wealth has become wealth for its own sake," goes one bon mot - and Pattinson easily matches verbal wits with everyone from Juliette Binoche to Samantha Morton to Jay Baruchel.Excerpt from Miami.com:
But the movie wouldn’t work without Pattinson, who is in every scene and holds the film together with his portrayal of a magnetic tycoon rotting on the inside — a disillusioned man who, having amassed everything he could possibly want, asks if that’s all there is. This is just one possible reading of Cosmopolis: Viewers with the stamina to make it to the end (discipline is required) may have differing interpretations of the final scene, which is often been true of Cronenberg’s best movies. DeLillo’s book, inspired by the dotcom bubble burst, was critical of how online entrepreneurs had reduced the power of money to an abstract commodity (“What does it mean to spend money? A dollar. A million.”)Excerpt from Red Eye Chicago, 3 out of 4 stars:
In writer-director David Cronenberg’s disturbing, oddly funny “Cosmopolis,” Pattinson’s inherent, detached restlessness finally becomes an asset....Hopefully the actor can bounce back from Kristen Stewart’s infidelity; with the exciting, dangerous “Cosmopolis” he at last proves he deserves roles, not just headlines.Excerpt from two critics, male (gave it a B) and female (B+), at Reeling Reviews:
Male critic: [Cronenberg's] latest, which takes place mostly in the back of Packer’s cavernous stretch, showcases his star Pattinson – the reason I was reluctant to see “Cosmopolis.” To my surprise, the “Twilight” thespian is the best thing in “Cosmopolis.” I have never been a fan of Robert Pattinson. I dreaded all of the “Twilight” movies (only in part because of Pattinson) and have not developed a great deal of respect for the actor, “Water for Elephants” notwithstanding. Director Cronenberg elicits a good performance from the young actor, one that actually overshadows the film itself.Excerpt from Orlando Weekly, 3 out of 5 stars:
Female critic: The director has also pushed his star Robert Pattinson out on a ledge past his own acting insecurities, getting Pattinson's most confident performance to date.
Robert Pattinson plays Packer with an assured level of detachment and scorn. Make no mistake, this is Pattinson's film – I can't think of a scene that he's not in – and he isn't called on to show much range or feeling, but does display some strong chops. He plays affectless well, managing to conduct a business conversation with Samantha Morton while the limo is being vandalized and literally shaken back and forth by an angry mob. All he wants is to feel something – anything – and so his planned excursion to the barbershop his dad used to take him to takes on deeper meaning.Excerpt from Game Redemption, 4.5 out of 5 stars:
Despite Pattinson’s strange New York accent (let’s chalk that up to the surreal tone) he holds his own when sharing the stage with Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton and Paul Giamatti. That is very important given that Cronenberg decides to keep the camera close with long takes and shots. With Pattison taking up the majority of the screen time and screen, a substantial amount of pressure rests on his shoulders to carry the film and he pulls it off.I'd like to say this one is "meh" because I don't like when critics suggest Rob's blank state is natural but whatever. The guy from Philadelphia Weekly gave the film an A:
Cosmopolis is an ice-cold, woozy nightmare of a movie. The sleek limousine becomes a sort of purgatory, as Eric rides ever-forward at less than 5 mph toward ruin. He fucks, drinks, kills and even treats himself to an epically invasive prostate exam—any opportunity to jolt himself from this all-encompassing numbness, an emotional state at which Pattinson naturally excels. Great casting.Excerpt from HitFix, giving the film an A-:
I walked away blaming the movie, but thinking it over for the last week or so, I can't get it out of my head. It's exquisitely made, carefully controlled, a simmering look into the dead empty eyes of Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) as Rome burns around him. Based on a novel by Don DeLillo, it's all character, all mood, a slow surreal ride through Manhattan during a meltdown that seems to have been caused, in part, by his own hubris, and Pattinson is fascinating in the role. He seems to constantly be shifting through a complicated but subterranean inner implosion, pieces of himself shutting down at random, little by little. His stated goal for the day is simple enough. He wants a haircut. Never mind that the entire city seems to be on high alert thanks to the visit of a President and construction and protests and traffic and madmen and giant rats and angry wives and dirty lovers, all complications thrown in the path of Packer as he attempts to make his way across this tiny island, locked inside his sterile bubble.
I do not think I'm out of line when I observe that Robert Pattinson is from outer space. Part of what makes him so compelling in the film is that whatever weirdness Cronenberg throws at him, he rolls with it, staring out of that blank passive face with furious eyes. People race in and out of his personal orbit. He gets a physical from a doctor inside the cab at one point, carrying on a conversation while this guy's got half his arm inside him, and the way Pattinson plays that scene is impressive. On the whole, Pattinson delivers in this difficult role, and I can't picture anyone else tuning in more completely to what Cronenberg has done here.
It helps that Pattinson interacts with truly great performances from the supporting cast. Juliette Binoche shows up to have some sex, drink some booze, and lay some ugly truth on Pattinson's character. Sarah Gadon is Packer's wife, newly married and already looking for a way out, away from this shark-eyed and alien "other" who she has barely gotten to know as a husband. Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand both do sharp and specific work in small roles here, and there's a wonderful but oh-so-short appearance by Samantha Morton as well. Paul Giamatti almost steals the film in the last ten minutes, and it's a testament to how good Pattinson is in the film that he stands there and refuses to let Giamatti run away with it. He gives as good as he gets. Giamatti is great, giving voice to all the frustration and powerlessness of everyone caught up in these forces at work in the modern world, these soft little boys dressed up in expensive suits, untouchable in their coffins on wheels. Giamatti is determined to break through the expressionless exterior of Packer to find the soft and vulnerable heart, and once he does, he plans to rip it out.
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People lured in by the presence of Pattinson will not be prepared for just how different he is in the film, and I love the idea of people expanding their cinematic appetites because of his mainstream work, only to discover this poison pill.
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