\u2018Nicolas Cage plays, well, Nicolas Cage in this smart, knowing and supremely funny parody of the iconic screen star\u2019s larger-than-life persona. Nic Cage \u2013 the fictional character \u2013 has reached a low point in his career. The great roles have dried up, so he\u2019s accepting anything that passes across his agent\u2019s desk. But his daughter (Lily Sheen) feels there\u2019s something else going on; he\u2019s addicted to screen acting, and his real and fictional lives have melded into one strange, wildly eccentric persona. Their therapy sessions together only highlight Cage\u2019s level of confusion between his on and off-screen worlds. But things get crazier when a wealthy fan, Javi Gutierrez (Pedro Pascal), offers Cage $1 million to hang out with him. Cage accepts and even enjoys the adulation Gutierrez showers upon him. But the revelation that his benefactor is an arms dealer causes him anguish and an approach made by two CIA agents (Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz) leave Cage wondering whether he should take on a new role \u2013 that of a super-spy. Before Marvel and Facebook laid claim to the Meta-verse, Cage had already cornered the market with his performances. Knowingly over-the-top, veering between wild theatrics and heart-worn emotion, Cage succeeded in creating role after role that allowed us to laugh at his OTT behaviour while simultaneously rooting for him. Writer-director Tom Gormican channels those gifts, giving the actor the opportunity to out-Cage himself. It\u2019s to Pascal\u2019s credit that he gives a performance as ripe as his co-star. But neither are at the expense of our engagement with the story. ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ might sound absurdly silly. That\u2019s because it is. But it\u2019s a joy to see a B-movie take on more highbrow fare like ‘Adaptation’ and ‘Being John Malkovich’, delivered with panache by a star with a natural gift for flamboyance.\u2019 Curzon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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