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#1The Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay (TPB) is the world biggest torrent website wherein each day they provide 10,000 new files and offers free download for audio, video, application, games, and others. Swedish think tank Piratbyran founded it in 2003.Eric SantosWritten on February 22, 2017'If you are sad because you can't access kickass torrents anymore The Pirate Bay will do almost everything that kickass did. It doesn't however have the community so all you have is a place to download stuff.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#2ExtraTorrent
Extratorrent is a free website to download and seed torrent files for various electronic resources. Downloadable files include movies, music, software, program, applications, e-books, documents, and many more.Howard GibsonWritten on January 4, 2017'Extratotrent.cc was great to get torrents on! There were so many options. I could get all the movies, music and tv torrents that were up to date. There are also hundreds, even thousand more torrents. It's defiantly a good alternative to kickass torrents. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#3RARBG
RARBG is a website to browse and find torrents for downloading various media resources online such as movies, television shows, and series, software, music, applications, books, and so on.
Lawrence WadeWritten on January 18, 2017'I am so out of the loop when it comes to torrents. I am investigating this site but I have no idea what a good torrent is compared to a bad torrent. So, I guess this is an alternative for kickass torrents. I can find a few things on here but not as much as I hoped. Meh...'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that a 2017 study claims that the number one reason why people look after torrent sites is that they want to avail and make use of its products for free? In addition, studies also show that people rely on torrent sites because of the unavailability of the item in their region. Meanwhile, entertainment can be experienced in an instant without going out to the hustle and bustle of the city. This is possibly done through downloading motion pictures, music, ebooks, and the likes for free through websites like Kickass Torrents. Studies show that in the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. Thus, aside from these comforts, the VPN Guru blog provides advantages of using software like Torrent, as such that even if you are suddenly disconnected from the Internet or your PC shuts down/restarts, you will be able to complete the download once you’re back online. Thus, there is no need to restart from scratch. Furthermore, files are easy to find and download. The most-searched alternative sites aside from Kickass Torrents isThe Pirate Bay, TorrentProject, and RARBG.
#4Torrent Downloads
Torrent Downloads is a BitTorrent download source that allows users to download TV shows, movies, games, music, software, books, anime, and more for free. The site also accumulates the most downloaded, seeded, and leeched torrents.
Juan SantosWritten on January 18, 2017'When I added some filters in my router to keep my kids from searching for stuff they shouldn't be looking for, I inadvertently blocked my old go-to Torrent site. Now I can't exactly go compare the offerings head to head right now without having to futz around in my router config again, this alternative does seem to have a lot of stuff I'd be interested in, and that will certainly do for now. It's not like I have anywhere near enough time to watch all of the stuff I download anyway.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#5Dirty Torrents
Dirty Torrents is a torrent and searcher website where you can identify other sites to download lots of games, movies, tv shows, applications, and audio or music. The site also aggregates the most recent and popular torrent downloads.
Billy KingWritten on June 25, 2018'Yeah, don't let the name fool you, this torrent site is one of the best. Offers fast and reliable downloads with rarely a virus attached to them. Been using this site for a long time now. Deffo better than that shitehole Kickasstorrents'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#6isoHunt
isoHunt is a BitTorrent and peer-to-peer torrent website to browse and find torrents for downloading various media resources online such as movies, television shows, and series, software, music, applications, and so on.
Joshua ChavezWritten on January 14, 2017'isoHunt is honestly not a very good substitute for kickass torrents, especially when looking for music and video files. I did a couple of quick searches for popular content and came up empty handed. There are so many other sites out there to try -- I'd pass on isoHunt. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#7LimeTorrents
LimeTorrents is a verified BitTorrent website where users can download movies, TV shows, music, games, and more for free. It can be accessed without the need to sign up for an account to the website.
Jessica GilbertWritten on November 29, 2018'Layout Wise, it is no doubt one of the best altermatives to kickass to download movies from. I was recently able to download a 1080p copy of The Nun from here. There are a lot of seeders. My friend gave me a tip to look at the number of seeders and the health bar and I must say they are very useful. NO ANNOYING ADS AT ALL. THIS MUST BE ON MY TOP LIST! 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#8TorrentProject
TorrentProject is a torrent search engine which offers a collection of more than 10 million torrents of movies, games, music, ebooks, and software which can be downloaded with zero restrictions. *NO LONGER AVAILABLE*Jose BakerWritten on March 12, 2017'TorrentProject is a good, if not excellent third party software torrent identification and download site, and has received largely above‐average customer reviews over time. TorrentProject represents one of a number of such website services, and I would use it comfortably in tandem with other similar sites and services to obtain software torrent resource downloads and related information.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#9Torrents
Torrents is a website which combines popular torrent sites from a list composed of 600 torrent sites and invite-only trackers ranked by rating and the traffic numbers.
Rachel KellerWritten on May 15, 2018'Torrents is a website to download movies and songs from. You can also use things like Kodi, Kazaa, Pirate Bay. Pirate Bay has been along for quite a while and is pretty reliable. There is also Torrent Project which is reliable also. All are similar, you just need to figure out which one meets your needs and is easy to use for you. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#10iDope
iDope is the official torrent search engine. It is safe and untrackable. It offers a free and quick download for anything. iDope has a clean website design that is good for easy navigation.
Jane DeanWritten on June 25, 2018'Thought this was another one of Apple's attempt to patent something that they didn't come up with due to the torrents name. Thankfuylly I gave it a try despite my biases towards any product that starts with a lowercase i. Sleek interface and easy to use search engine. I daresay it might be better than KaT'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#1101Torrent
01Torrent is a free torrent site where users can download the latest movies, music, television (TV) shows, applications, games, books, animes, software, and many more. This website no longer needs any registration.
torr entWritten on July 4, 2018'Download High Quality Movies, Tv-Shows, Application, Games'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#12Vuze
Vuze is a Bittorrent client that is a torrent downloader which works with Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android devices. This software application is ideal for all torrent downloads including movies, songs, games, and so on.
Android, Windows, Mac, Linux
Free- with in-app purchases
Lawrence JensenWritten on April 4, 2017'I thought this would be the app to end all downloader apps. At first it was great, and I was loving being able to manage all my torrent downloads! It was so much better than any other torrent app I've tried. But with the latest update, I'm finding it'd getting really dodgy getting the WiFi only option to work properly. I'm pretty sure it didn't turn off the background data and I've already eaten through my plan this month!'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#13Flud
Flud is a simple and beautiful BitTorrent client for Android. The power of BitTorrent protocol is now in the palm of your hands. Share files with ease from your phone/tablet. Download files directly to your phone/tablet.Android
Ajay SharmaWritten on March 27, 2017'If for some reason you are looking for a p2p client for your android phone this looks like a clean option. It is not a tracker so you will need to search for the torrents through other methods and then put them into this.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#14CatTorrent
CatTorrent allows its users to download, play, and use torrent files straight unto their mobile phones or tablet. This app is developed by Pirate Cats
Android
Free- with in-app purchases
Ronald HenryWritten on February 24, 2017'Since I hate having to pay for content online, I am fixated on finding the best alternatives for amazing torrents. Having found CatTorrent, I don't know how I ever lived without it. It is such an easy-to-use platform and it organizes my content in a simple way, and is sleek and highly functional. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#15Opera Free VPN
Opera Free VPN - Unlimited VPN is a free web-browser allows users to block ad trackers and change the user's virtual location. Still in Beta stage, Opera Free VPN - Unlimited VPN, is available for download in Android.
*NO LONGER AVAILABLE*
Vishal ShahWritten on June 25, 2018'I met a guy on IRC and told him about this VPN site and said verbatim 'You need a VPN before you start using torrent sites to protect your computer.' And he messaged me a few weeks later getting all angry at me for not giving him a torrent site. M8 pls, you need to start listening. Anyway, this might not be the solution for this problem, but since it's already here, I'm just going to go ahead and tell you that you NEED a VPN before you start using torrent sites. Protect your PC, protect your IP. Opera has been my go-to VPN ever since I started illegally downloading shit from the internet'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#16Torrentz
Torrentz was founded by flippy in March 2003 that indexes many active torrents from 32 different domains. It doesn't host any magnet links or digital files but redirects users to other sites on the internet.
Emma HowellWritten on June 7, 2017'Super easy to use and I like that I don't have to pay ridiculous amounts of money to watch a movie! Haven't gotten any sketchy ads or anything, either, so it's nice to feel safe.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#17Yify TV
Yify.tv is a website for watching free full-length movies online. You can find torrents and watch films online in HD 720p and 1080p quality. The site compiles movies by tags such as popular releases, animations, and more.
Petra BarriosWritten on September 22, 2017'You can watch movies in so many different genre's it's unbelievable. The site is laid out nicely and easy to use and the quality is excellent. Thanks for saving me 60 bucks at the movie theater to take my family!'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#18Bullmask
Bullmask (formerly known as CiniSearch) is a Torrent site that offers free search and download of movies and TV series. Users simply have to put the title of the show on the search bar and hit enter to get results.
Sophia DaiWritten on November 29, 2018'this is not a torrent site but rather a search engine. I feel so-so about this website. It is like when you search a movie it will display results of different torrent sites where you can download it. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#19Kickass Torrent - Top 10 alternatives
From the YouTube channel of TechSayyer you can see 10 valid alternatives to KickAsstorrents to share files. The video uploaded on August 8, 2016 shares alternatives such as dxtorrent, kickasstorrentsas, extratorrent.cc, and more.
*NO LONGER AVAILABLE*
Jordan WebbWritten on March 18, 2017'Ever since Kickass Torrent was shut down, I had been looking for a new place to stream content. This video had a great list of different places that I could stream the actual torrent links. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a replacement for Kickass Torrent.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#20Top 5 Most Active Torrent Sites Of 2017
In this video uploaded by Geek Guys on YouTube on January 18, 2017, you can see the five most active Torrent sites of 2017. Some of the solutions this video offers as an alternative are RARBG, The Pirate Bay, and more.
Eric GilbertWritten on February 9, 2017'This Youtube video lists the top Torrent sites to visit for people missing Kickass Torrents since the site was taken down. It helped me learn where to go to find what I used to download on Kickass Torrents without having to scour the whole internet.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#21Top Alternatives to Kick Ass Torrent
In this YouTube video, you can see how to find new sites to download and share your favorite torrents. The video was uploaded by Alex Denton on November 8, 2016 since Kickass torrents was temporarily taken down.
Bruce AllenWritten on February 5, 2017'I was so relieved when I was able to use the video explaining how to find alternatives to KickAss Torrent after it was shut down. The video was extremely descriptive of some alternative sites I could use, and even walked me through how to find what I wanted on them, allowing me more ease of use for my transition. The video gave me every instruction I needed and it was overall very helpful and exactly what I was looking for. 'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#22Kickasstorrent 2019
Kickasstorrent 2019 is a website where users can browse, find, and download torrent files of various music, movies, TV series, programs, ebooks, videos, apps, anime, games and so on.
Tor DevWritten on October 26, 2018'when i was searching the latest kickass torrent site so I have found it 'Kickass Torrents 2019' the latest site with 'Android App v7.1' best for mobile and desktop users it has live seed & leech checking function as well as the updated 'Torrent Magnet' link generator which is never been launched before 'Kickass Torrent 2019' version. Hope others also like it as i do.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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#23MagTors
MagTors is a Torrent hosting website that has over 3 million active torrents. The torrent search tool has torrents for TV shows, movies, games, software, music, and eBooks. It is also categorized by most recent and popular. *NO LONGER AVAILABLE*
Elisha VavilovWritten on November 9, 2018'MagTors is a great alternative to KAT. The site is lightning fast, has quality torrents & is totally ad-free.'Thanks for voting! Please tell us why you like it!
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Look up nobody in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Nobody may refer to:
- Nobody, Indefinite pronoun
Nobody may also refer to:
- 7Music
Books[edit]
- Outis, Ancient Greek for 'nobody', an often used pseudonym
- The Nobody, comic
- The Diary of a Nobody, an 1892 English comic novel by George and Weedon Grossmith
- My Name is Nobody, a 1973 spaghetti Western
- Nobody Nowhere, a 1991 bestselling autobiography with a CD featuring a song of the same name, both by autistic author Donna Williams
People[edit]
- John Eales, former Australian rugby union captain, nicknamed 'Nobody' (because 'Nobody's perfect')
- Adam Nobody, demonstrator beaten by police at the 2010 G-20 Toronto summit protests
Politics[edit]
- Nobody for President, a parodic campaign for the presidency of the United States of America
Games[edit]
- Universe of Kingdom Hearts#Heartless and Nobodies, a race of beings in the Kingdom Hearts video game series
Computing[edit]
- nobody (username), the name of a Unix account which has no particular privileges
Film[edit]
- Nobody, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series
- Nobody, a character in the Jim Jarmusch films Dead Man and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai played by Gary Farmer
Music[edit]
Artists[edit]
- Nobody (producer), an American record producer
Albums[edit]
- Nobody (EP), a 2000 EP by Cartman
- Nobody (album), a 2014 album by American hip hop recording artist Chief Keef
Songs[edit]
- 'Nobody' (1905 song), a song by Alex Rogers and Bert A. Williams
- 'Nobody' (Keith Sweat song), 1996
- 'Nobody' (Rick Ross song), 2014
- 'Nobody' (Shara Nelson song), 1994
- 'Nobody' (Skindred song), 2002
- 'Nobody' (Sylvia song), 1982
- 'Nobody' (Toni Basil song), 1981
- 'Nobody' (Wonder Girls song), 2008
- 'Nobody', a song by Mitski from Be the Cowboy, 2018
- 'Nobody', a song by Selena Gomez from Revival, 2015
- 'Nobody', a song by Emmylou Harris from Hard Bargain, 2011
- 'Nobody's', a song by Linda Ronstadt from Silk Purse, 1970
See also[edit]
See a Problem?
Preview — Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
That’s why they make the perfect assassins.
The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be elimin...more
More lists with this book...
I deserve an award in
Oh, wait! I know! I exactly know!
'There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as...more
DNFing. If I survive, I might continue.
NOBODY was not exactly what I expected. While Barnes delivered yet another good story that required an advanced imagination, the character development really ruined the book for me.
NOBODY proved to be an incredible world full of science. Everything was described with the use of energy. In this world, there are four types of people. First, there are the Normals. Normals have the ability to mark others and be marked. They have normal energy exchanged when interacting with each other, have...more
I created special shelves just because of this book: Gag Me and Eye Roller.
'But...but how can you not like this book so much when there are so many great reviews for it?' I can just hear you asking. I'll tell you why:
First I'll begin with the good things:
1. Cover
2. Beginning (Good intrigue with as...more
here are my receipts:
when i have to take notes after reading 60 pages...there's a problem. everything was so muddled. it's just a really bad case of 'This is book is NOT FOR ME'
also this thought process of one of the main characters, Nix, a supposedly super talented,...more
That's a pretty hefty pill to swallow for a fifteen year old. But Claire isn't one to give up. Claire isn't the kind of gir...more
This book is about a boy assassin, Nix, who is assigned to kill Claire. So he tries to shoot her but can't, then he tries to strangle her but can't. Then he tells her to kill him but she can't. Then they decide they belong together.
I also got tired of hearing how invisible and nobody-ish they both were. It was like, okay, I get it already!
I got about 1/3 of the way in a...more
Assassins seem to be a popular trend in YA these days. Kristen White recently released Mind Games (a book about sister assassins) and now there's Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Nobody. The book itself has a very interesting summary-ignored individuals becoming assassins. However, what it fails to tell you is you might need your anti-depression meds while you read it.
Oh, dearie me.
This book hit a lot of personal buttons for me. I wasn...more
I'm seriously getting disappointed with my book choices lately. Maybe I should sit down for...more
Quote: “I am everything. I am nothing. I am powerful. I am forgotten.”
The Good:
I didn’t like anything in this book?
Quote: “You can’t tell me I matter and then leave like I don’t.”
The Bad:
Repetitive. The first 30% was just a rehash constantly of Claire and Nix’s first meeting. Nothing was really happening and I was starting to get bored with the same thing happening over and over again. Did I say it was repetitive? Because the same thing w...more
Honestly, I can't fathom how bad this book is. It reads like a kid's first melodramatic, over-the-top fan fiction, not like a real book. There's lots of infodumping, instalove, telling, and illogic. Just wow.
Some representative quotes:
Claire Ryan was a ghost, a nothing, a nobody. Invisible would have been an upgrade....more
Oxygen was invisible, but it got breathed all the same. Sound waves were heard. Even clan
What can I say about this title? The ideas in it were interesting (Nobodies and Nulls), some of it lagged on the beginning (plus it was a tad depressing) but it quickly picked up it's pace once our two main characters meet. The cover may be as easily dismissible as a Nobody, but the content grabs as much attention as a full on Null. Overall Nobody is a good title but for me it didn't make me think 'fireworks!'...more
Which basically just sums up this book for me. I didn't care. I didn't care about the main heroes. I didn't care about the plot. I didn't care about the 'blossoming' relationship.
The feeling toward the heroes wasn't a Clary-and-Jace level of dislike. Just a mild irritation that fluttered away the moment I put the book down.
Other than weak, melodramatic, o...more
So this society is exactly like our own, except there is a secret organization that is behind the scenes. They call themselves 'The Society.' They were founded in the 50s and are mostly a scientific entity. They have discovered that all beings use energy in...more
Less than nothing. Less than air. Their mantra give this book a dark suicidal aura. The author can write but her characters has no development w...more
Nobody's Fool Review
Has been on my to-read list since January 2013
I won this book as a prize, so I feel I should actually take the time to write a review about it. :)
I'm a Paranormal/Fantasy/Dystopian YA girl, but I was intrigued by the description of this book because it was YA with a bit of a sci-fi twist. It read in many ways as a YA Contemporary, though this didn't bother me, even though that isn't my usual fare. There was enough exciting odd stuff going on to keep me absorb...more
I did struggle with the first part of the book, and even though there were things that made me cringe and not understand, it kept me intrigued enough to get through the first 18 chapters, which in my opinion, is when it started to finally flow, connect and got really, really interesting.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes' spin on sci-fi has really blown me...more
It does start out quite depressing. We have all had the feeling that no one cares, that we are invisible (or want to be), that we just can't be seen by the people we care the most about. Take that emotion and multiply it by at least...more
3.5 Stars!
Nobody follows the life of Claire and Nix. Claire has been invisible all her life, people don't take notice of her and people seem to forget all about her. She walks the halls of school going through day to day life, knowing no-one cares for her - even her parents have to remind themselves that she's there. It's a sad life...more
Claire is angsty and Nix is self-loathing, which is understandable. But the story spends a little too much time on that and not enough time on the cool stuff like assassins and conspiracies and action. The romance is an insta-love and, though it makes a little sense that they'd each be immediately drawn into a desire for some kind of an intimacy with the only other person in the world who can actually see them, remem...more
Claire has got to be one of the most depressing protagonists I've ever read about. She has zero self-esteem and thinks she's totally pathetic. I get that this was important to the plot, but it just made her terribly unlikeable as a character. For example, when Nix break...more
I enjoyed the science fiction-y aspects of Nobody - that there are people living hidden among us with special powers - and the main characters' plot to uncover the secret plans of a shady institution. That sort of thing will probably never get old for me, no matter how many different books i...more
Nobody is a bit of a strange read, almost as though the story itself takes on the qualities of the Nobodies themselves, becoming something our minds can’t quite wrap themselves around and hovering in a sort of intangible state where we’re never clearly able to determine how we feel about it. A Nobody is someone who goes essentially unnoticed, taking up space but never truly filling it as not a single person around them recognizes they’re there; not truly invisible but for all intents...more
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See a Problem?
Preview — Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
That’s why they make the perfect assassins.
The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be elimin...more
More lists with this book...
I deserve an award in
Oh, wait! I know! I exactly know!
'There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as...more
DNFing. If I survive, I might continue.
NOBODY was not exactly what I expected. While Barnes delivered yet another good story that required an advanced imagination, the character development really ruined the book for me.
NOBODY proved to be an incredible world full of science. Everything was described with the use of energy. In this world, there are four types of people. First, there are the Normals. Normals have the ability to mark others and be marked. They have normal energy exchanged when interacting with each other, have...more
I created special shelves just because of this book: Gag Me and Eye Roller.
'But...but how can you not like this book so much when there are so many great reviews for it?' I can just hear you asking. I'll tell you why:
First I'll begin with the good things:
1. Cover
2. Beginning (Good intrigue with as...more
here are my receipts:
when i have to take notes after reading 60 pages...there's a problem. everything was so muddled. it's just a really bad case of 'This is book is NOT FOR ME'
also this thought process of one of the main characters, Nix, a supposedly super talented,...more
That's a pretty hefty pill to swallow for a fifteen year old. But Claire isn't one to give up. Claire isn't the kind of gir...more
This book is about a boy assassin, Nix, who is assigned to kill Claire. So he tries to shoot her but can't, then he tries to strangle her but can't. Then he tells her to kill him but she can't. Then they decide they belong together.
I also got tired of hearing how invisible and nobody-ish they both were. It was like, okay, I get it already!
I got about 1/3 of the way in a...more
Assassins seem to be a popular trend in YA these days. Kristen White recently released Mind Games (a book about sister assassins) and now there's Jennifer Lynn Barnes's Nobody. The book itself has a very interesting summary-ignored individuals becoming assassins. However, what it fails to tell you is you might need your anti-depression meds while you read it.
Oh, dearie me.
This book hit a lot of personal buttons for me. I wasn...more
I'm seriously getting disappointed with my book choices lately. Maybe I should sit down for...more
Quote: “I am everything. I am nothing. I am powerful. I am forgotten.”
The Good:
I didn’t like anything in this book?
Quote: “You can’t tell me I matter and then leave like I don’t.”
The Bad:
Repetitive. The first 30% was just a rehash constantly of Claire and Nix’s first meeting. Nothing was really happening and I was starting to get bored with the same thing happening over and over again. Did I say it was repetitive? Because the same thing w...more
Honestly, I can't fathom how bad this book is. It reads like a kid's first melodramatic, over-the-top fan fiction, not like a real book. There's lots of infodumping, instalove, telling, and illogic. Just wow.
Some representative quotes:
Claire Ryan was a ghost, a nothing, a nobody. Invisible would have been an upgrade....more
Oxygen was invisible, but it got breathed all the same. Sound waves were heard. Even clan
What can I say about this title? The ideas in it were interesting (Nobodies and Nulls), some of it lagged on the beginning (plus it was a tad depressing) but it quickly picked up it's pace once our two main characters meet. The cover may be as easily dismissible as a Nobody, but the content grabs as much attention as a full on Null. Overall Nobody is a good title but for me it didn't make me think 'fireworks!'...more
Which basically just sums up this book for me. I didn't care. I didn't care about the main heroes. I didn't care about the plot. I didn't care about the 'blossoming' relationship.
The feeling toward the heroes wasn't a Clary-and-Jace level of dislike. Just a mild irritation that fluttered away the moment I put the book down.
Other than weak, melodramatic, o...more
So this society is exactly like our own, except there is a secret organization that is behind the scenes. They call themselves 'The Society.' They were founded in the 50s and are mostly a scientific entity. They have discovered that all beings use energy in...more
Less than nothing. Less than air. Their mantra give this book a dark suicidal aura. The author can write but her characters has no development w...more
Has been on my to-read list since January 2013
I won this book as a prize, so I feel I should actually take the time to write a review about it. :)
I'm a Paranormal/Fantasy/Dystopian YA girl, but I was intrigued by the description of this book because it was YA with a bit of a sci-fi twist. It read in many ways as a YA Contemporary, though this didn't bother me, even though that isn't my usual fare. There was enough exciting odd stuff going on to keep me absorb...more
I did struggle with the first part of the book, and even though there were things that made me cringe and not understand, it kept me intrigued enough to get through the first 18 chapters, which in my opinion, is when it started to finally flow, connect and got really, really interesting.
Jennifer Lynn Barnes' spin on sci-fi has really blown me...more
It does start out quite depressing. We have all had the feeling that no one cares, that we are invisible (or want to be), that we just can't be seen by the people we care the most about. Take that emotion and multiply it by at least...more
3.5 Stars!
Nobody follows the life of Claire and Nix. Claire has been invisible all her life, people don't take notice of her and people seem to forget all about her. She walks the halls of school going through day to day life, knowing no-one cares for her - even her parents have to remind themselves that she's there. It's a sad life...more
Claire is angsty and Nix is self-loathing, which is understandable. But the story spends a little too much time on that and not enough time on the cool stuff like assassins and conspiracies and action. The romance is an insta-love and, though it makes a little sense that they'd each be immediately drawn into a desire for some kind of an intimacy with the only other person in the world who can actually see them, remem...more
Claire has got to be one of the most depressing protagonists I've ever read about. She has zero self-esteem and thinks she's totally pathetic. I get that this was important to the plot, but it just made her terribly unlikeable as a character. For example, when Nix break...more
I enjoyed the science fiction-y aspects of Nobody - that there are people living hidden among us with special powers - and the main characters' plot to uncover the secret plans of a shady institution. That sort of thing will probably never get old for me, no matter how many different books i...more
Nobody is a bit of a strange read, almost as though the story itself takes on the qualities of the Nobodies themselves, becoming something our minds can’t quite wrap themselves around and hovering in a sort of intangible state where we’re never clearly able to determine how we feel about it. A Nobody is someone who goes essentially unnoticed, taking up space but never truly filling it as not a single person around them recognizes they’re there; not truly invisible but for all intents...more
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Directed by | Jaco Van Dormael |
Produced by | Philippe Godeau |
Written by | Jaco Van Dormael |
Starring | |
Music by | Pierre Van Dormael |
Cinematography | Christophe Beaucarne |
Edited by | Matyas Veress Susan Shipton |
Distributed by | Wild Bunch |
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141 minutes 157 minutes (Director's cut) | |
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Language | English |
Budget | €33 million |
Mr. Nobody is a 2009 science fictiondrama film written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael and starring Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo and Juno Temple. The film tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. Nemo, memory fading, refers to his three main loves and to his parents' divorce and subsequent hardships endured at three critical junctions in his life: at age nine, fifteen, and thirty-four. Alternate life paths branching out from each of those critical junctions are examined. The speculative narrative often changes course with the flick of a different possible decision at each of those ages. The film uses nonlinear narrative and the multiverse hypothesis style.
Mr. Nobody had its world premiere at the 66th Venice International Film Festival where it received the Golden Osella and the Biografilm Lancia Award. Critical response was generally strong and the film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning six, including Best Film and Best Director for Van Dormael. The film was mostly funded through European financiers and was released in Belgium on 13 January 2010. Since its original release, Mr. Nobody has become a cult film, noted for its philosophy and cinematography, personal characters and Pierre Van Dormael's soundtrack.[1]
- 1Plot
- 3Production
- 5Release
Plot[edit]
In 2092, humanity has conquered mortality through the endless renewal of cells. The world watches in fascination as the 118-year-old Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth, edges towards death. Curious to know of life before quasi-immortality, they interview Nemo. Dr. Feldheim, a psychiatrist, uses hypnosis to help Nemo recall some of his memories, while Nemo relates other memories to a journalist. As he is prodded, Nemo makes contradictory statements. He recounts his life at three primary points: at age 9, when his parents divorced, at age 15 when he fell in love, and at age 34 as an adult. All three unfold into their many possible outcomes.
Nemo explains that before birth, children remember everything that will happen in their lives. At the moment of conception, the Angels of Oblivion erase their memory. The Angels, however, forget about Nemo, allowing him to 'remember' different possible futures for himself. At age 9, at a railway station, he is forced to choose as his mother leaves on a train while his father stays on the platform. In one case, he manages to board the train while in another he stays with his father.
Life with mother[edit]
A rebellious Nemo lives with his mother and her new partner, Harry, in Montreal. He sees a new girl, Anna, in his school and is immediately smitten. One day on the beach, Anna asks if he would like to swim with her and her friends. Nemo insults her friends and they barely see each other again.
In an alternate story line, Nemo admits to Anna he cannot swim; the two spend time together and fall in love. Anna turns out to be Harry's daughter and the two step siblings begin an affair. They pledge their lives to one another. When Harry and Nemo's mother break up, Anna goes to New York with her father, and they lose touch. Years later, Nemo works as a pool cleaner, hoping to run into Anna by chance. They finally see one another at the train station and immediately recognize each other in a crowd of passers-by. After a passionate reunion, Anna announces she is not ready to immediately resume the relationship. She gives him her number, asks him to call her in two days and meet at the lighthouse. However, he loses her number when a sudden downpour makes her note illegible. Nemo waits at the lighthouse every day, but Anna does not come.
In a different storyline, Anna and Nemo are married with children. Nemo works at a television studio narrating educational videos. One evening, while returning home, he hits a bird, loses control of his car, plummets into a lake and drowns.
Life with father[edit]
Nemo stays with his father, who later becomes disabled. He works in a shop and spends his free time at home at the typewriter, writing a science fiction story about a journey to Mars. At a school dance, he meets Elise and falls in love. A few days later, Nemo goes to Elise's house but sees her with her 22-year-old boyfriend. Frustrated, he speeds away on his motorcycle, has an accident and is hospitalized in a vegetative state. Though he can perceive the world through his senses, Nemo cannot move or speak. He detects his parents' reunion at his bedside. Nemo tries to remember the movement of his fingers on the typewriter keyboard and eventually manages to lift a finger as this story line comes to a close.
In yet another alternate timeline, Nemo speaks with Elise at her house, and learns that she is still in love with her boyfriend, Stefano. Nemo does not back down and keeps assuring her of his feelings. Finally, Elise gives in and a few years later, they get married. In one version of the story line, Elise dies in an accident on the return from the wedding. Nemo keeps her ashes, having promised her to spread them on Mars. In a far future, Nemo carries Elise's ash to Mars and spreads them on the planet's surface. Aboard the spacecraft traveling back to Earth, he meets Anna. Before they can say much to each other, the ship is destroyed by meteoroids. In an alternate version of events, he works at the same television studio but his assistant drowns instead. The assistant's widow is Anna, whom he recognizes. Another storyline has Nemo and Elise married with three children. However, their marriage is unhappy as Elise suffers from borderline personality disorder and chronic depression. She has attacks of hysteria and, despite Nemo's attempts to save their marriage, ultimately leaves him to pursue Stefano.
Alternatively, after being rejected by Elise, Nemo resolves to marry the first girl who will dance with him at the school prom. That night, he dances with Jean. While taking her home, Nemo pledges to marry her and be successful. Despite being successful and having two children, Nemo is unhappy and bored with his life. Nemo writes over all his possessions to Jean and leaves his family. Now making all of his decisions randomly via coin toss, he goes to the airport, and pretends to be a passenger named Daniel Jones and is taken to a hotel by a waiting chauffeur. At Jones' hotel room, Nemo is murdered while taking a bath, and his body is dumped in the woods by assassins, confused by contradicting description given to them about Daniel Jones and the man they just murdered.
Running throughout all the many paths his life could take or has taken, the adult Nemo recurringly awakens in a surrealistic world dominated by argyle patterns. This setting seems artificial, like a movie set, and often appears to bleed over into his other lives. Following clues that he finds scattered throughout this city, he ultimately arrives at a crumbling, abandoned wooden-framed house. He stumbles upon a DVD player hooked up to a television screen. In the strangely interactive video, the 118-year-old Nemo converses with the 34-year-old one. He explains that the younger man does not exist. This is a universe where Nemo Nobody was never born, and his consciousness is stuck in some sort of limbo. He states that he is experiencing the story from the end and that he must stay alive until 5:50 AM on 12 February 2092.
Epilogue[edit]
Before his death, Mr. Nobody tells the journalist that neither of them exist. They are figments in the mind of the 9-year-old Nemo at the train station, as he was forced to make an impossible choice. The young boy tries to find the correct decision, following each choice to its conclusion. Eventually, the boy takes a third option: to not make the choice at all. He leaves both parents and runs away towards an unknown future. This ambiguous choice somehow leads to him and Anna reuniting happily. The film returns to old Nemo on his death bed. The calculated time arrives and Mr. Nobody's last words are watched by the world. The expansion of the universe comes to a halt and time appears to reverse. The universe ceases to dissipate, and finally begins contracting. Consequently, Nemo's life simplifies itself. He is able to return to his childhood, watch his parents get back together and be with Anna. The 118-year-old man cackles triumphantly as he springs back into awareness with the realization that his younger self has finally found his one true love and life.
Cast[edit]
- Jared Leto as Nemo Nobody, both 34- and 118-year-old. Nemo is a Latin word meaning 'nobody'. The name Nemo alludes to Captain Nemo, the main character of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.[2] It is the false name that Odysseus in Homer's poem Odyssey gives to the cyclops Polyphemus, to deceive him and save his own life.[2] Van Dormael said that Leto was chosen because he is 'an actor who could transform himself, as much physically as vocally, rhythmically, his breathing.'[3] Leto described his role saying, 'Mr. Nobody is everyone and no one all at the same time, an illusion, the product of his own dreams. He's love, he's hope, he's fear, he's life and he's death. This is without doubt the most complex character I've ever played. It was a challenge to keep all these lives concentrated into one character for the duration of the filming without losing myself. But we had outlines and things that helped me to keep track of where we were.'[4] Actor Toby Regbo portrays Nemo at fifteen and Thomas Byrne Nemo at nine.
- Sarah Polley as Elise. Polley was the first to be cast in the film.[5] She describes Elise as 'a young woman who carries a lot of love inside her. She yearns to be the best of mothers but just can't do it. She's frustrated because of this inability to live the way she would like to live, all of this stemming from her depression. She doesn't understand why she can't pull out of it. Over time she develops a feeling of shame and guilt towards her husband and her children.'[4] Actress Clare Stone portrays Elise at fifteen.
- Diane Kruger as Anna. Kruger described Anna as 'the most complete of all the characters. She never makes any compromises, in any one of her lives. She gets married and keeps her promise until the end: she will not fall in love with anyone else.'[4] Actress Eva Green was originally reported for the role, but the casting was not confirmed.[6] Actress Juno Temple portrays Anna at fifteen.
- Linh Dan Pham as Jeanne. Pham said that Jeanne 'loves Nemo Nobody with a passion but he doesn't love her. Their meeting was a misunderstanding. She thought he was honest and full of love for her. But as soon as they start a family she realizes that something is missing in their relationship, that he's never really there. It also shows that lives that seem perfect on paper might not be so perfect in reality.'[4] Actress Audrey Giacomini portrays Jeanne at fifteen.
- Rhys Ifans as Nemo's father. Van Dormael chose Ifans after seeing his 'multifaceted' performances in Notting Hill (1999) and Enduring Love (2004).[3]
- Natasha Little as Nemo's mother. Little was suggested by the casting director in London. Van Dormael said that 'her role was decisive for the film: it was necessary that the mother should destroy the childhood happiness but that one would feel the need to go with her at the same time. That's what Natasha managed to achieve.'[7]
- Allan Corduner as Dr. Feldheim.
- Ben Mansfield as Stefano, both 22 and 40 year-old, Elise's boyfriend.
- Michael Riley as Harry, Anna's father.
- Laurent Capelluto as Man in black.
- Daniel Mays as Young journalist.
Director Jaco Van Dormael makes a cameo appearance as the Brazilian man.
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael began seeking to film Mr. Nobody in 2001, an attempt that lasted six years before the director was able to make his English-language feature debut in 2007.[8] Van Dormael's project differed from other Belgian productions in being filmed in English instead of in one of Belgium's main languages. The director explained, 'The story came to me in English. It's a story set over very long distances and time frames. One of the strands of the plot is about a kid who must choose between living with his mother in Canada or his father in England. There are also some incredible English-speaking actors I wanted to work with.'[9]Mr. Nobody is Van Dormael's first feature film since the Belgian film Le huitième jour (The Eighth Day) in 1996. Van Dormael began preparing production of Mr. Nobody in February 2007 with actress Sarah Polley the first to be cast in the film.[5] Actor Jared Leto was later cast into the primary role of Nemo Nobody.[10]
The production budget for Mr. Nobody was €33 million (US$47 million), ranking it the most expensive Belgian film to date.[11] The budget was approved before casting was done, based on the prominence of the director's name and the strength of his script. Half of the budget was provided by the film's French producer Philippe Godeau through his production company Pan-Européenne, and the other half was financed by distributors Wild Bunch and Pathé.[9] Production took place throughout 2007, lasting 120 days and filming in Belgium, Germany, and Canada. Scenes were filmed on location in Montreal, Canada and at Babelsberg Studios in Berlin, Germany.[12] Van Dormael said, 'I think the film needed that for these multiple lives. Each time a new style of setting is required. And each life is filmed in a different style, with a different grammar for the camera, the colours, the decor. At the same time, if all the styles have to be very contrasted, they knock together by fusing.'[13] The three lives that Nemo Nobody experiences were separated by color-coding and musical cues. Each life's design was also based on the work of British photographer Martin Parr.[14]
Writing[edit]
The idea of parallel lives has been explored before in films such as Run Lola Run (1998) and Sliding Doors (1998) which influenced Van Dormael's writing. Unlike any of those, Mr. Nobody has philosophical underpinning inspired by scientific tomes on chaos theory and the butterfly effect, pigeon superstition, and the space-time continuum.[14] Van Dormael stated, 'My starting point was a 12-minute short I made in 1982 called È pericoloso sporgersi. A kid runs behind a train with two possible choices: to go with his mother or with his father. From there we follow two possible futures. I started one version based on the fact that a woman jumps or doesn't jump on a train. Then Sliding Doors by Peter Howitt came out, followed by Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer. I had to find something else. And that's when I realised that the story I was trying to tell was not binary, that I was above all interested by the multiplicity and complexity of choices. With this screenplay I wanted to make the viewer feel the abyss that is the infinity of possibilities. Beyond this, I wanted to find a different way of telling a story. I wanted the gaze of the child on his future to meet the gaze of the old man he has become on his past. I wanted to talk about complexity through cinema, which is a simplifying medium. While reality around us is more and more complex, the information is more and more succinct, political speeches are more and more simplistic. What interests me is complexity. Not the simple answers, which are reassuring but bound to be false.'[15]
While producing the film, Van Dormael took the unique step of publishing his screenplay.[13] The director described the scale of the film, 'My producers don't like me saying it, but it's really a big-budget experimental film about the many different lives one person can live, depending on the choices he makes. It's about the infinite possibilities facing any person. There are no good or bad choices in life. It's simply that each choice will create another life for you. What's interesting is to be alive.'[12]
Visual effects[edit]
Jaco Van Dormael hired visual effects supervisor Louis Morin, known for his work in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), to create visual effects for Mr. Nobody.[16] All five hundred visual effects shots were produced in Quebec by Quebec companies. Modus FX announced having delivered 121 digital visual effects shots for the film.[17] The company was entrusted with complex sequences which could not be captured on film, involving the digital reproduction of entire cities, villages and other-worldly settings.[17] Modus FX also worked on several complex transitions between the different worlds and multiple lives of Nemo Nobody.[17] Modus FX's post-production contributions involved 37 digital artists and technicians across a six-month period.[16] A long list of software, including Autodesk's Softimage and Maya, Side Effects' Houdini and The Foundry's Nuke, and the creation of a multitude of in-house tools, programs and techniques was required for the shots delivered.[16]
Music[edit]
Like Jaco Van Dormael's previous films, the score for Mr. Nobody was written by Pierre Van Dormael. He worked on simple themes and out of synch loops, 'a mixture of superficial simplicity and underlying complexity.'[18] He wrote themes that overlapped to form new ones, each theme continuing to exist while being mixed with the others. The director did not want the music to be overtly emotional, so he and Pierre chose a minimalist orchestration, more often than not just a single guitar. Jaco said, 'We wanted the instrument and the player to be felt. This stance actually sums up the whole adventure: a maximalist project with a minimalist approach.'[18]Mr. Nobody is the last film of composer Pierre Van Dormael before his death in 2008.[19] His music won the Magritte Award for Best Original Score in 2012.[20]
The soundtrack features songs by Pierre Van Dormael, Buddy Holly, Hans Zimmer, Otis Redding, Eurythmics, Pixies, Wallace Collection, Nena, Ella Fitzgerald, and The Andrew Sisters, as well as versions of 'Mr. Sandman' performed by The Chordettes, The King Brothers, Emmylou Harris, and Gob, and recordings of compositions by Erik Satie and Benjamin Britten, among others.[21]
Themes[edit]
Mr. Nobody is a tale about choice. Nemo, a nine-year-old boy, has been thrust into a position where he must make an impossible decision – to choose between his mother and father. In the seconds preceding the rest of his life, he wonders where each choice will take him. The forces of the universe working to bring about total chaos are counteracted by this boy's overactive imagination.[22] The dilemma that causes the film's main problem (not knowing the future) once solved makes it all the more difficult – 'I don't know the future, therefore I cannot make a decision. Now that I know the future I still cannot make one.'[22] The eloquent interplay between philosophical lifestyle and what forges reality, is epitomized by the constant change in storyline, between young boy, adolescent, and mature man. The film takes a four-dimensionalist view of the nature and existence of life in the universe.[23] Each decision thus branching off creating an entirely separate alternative universe. Mr. Nobody raises many ontological arguments about the subjective nature of time.[24] How actions have universal consequences, how the past inevitably shapes the future in a very impacting way – every single choice, irrespective of its simplicity or complexity can make, alter or change a lifetime.[25]
The film also makes substantial use of chaos theory, string theory, and the butterfly effect to accentuate the lack of control that humanity as individuals possesses.[26] Often at each stage of his life there is a scene where Nemo is subject to the whims of chance, often plunging into water, a place where humans lack all control. This is a visual symbol of the powerlessness attributed to the human condition.[27] The theories are used to compound reality in the film, it is why the smoke never goes back into the cigarette, time is always moving in one direction. At the end when it assumes that the universe is on the precipice of ultimate chaos, making use of the Big Crunch theory, time halts, and it begins to reverse.[28] Thus signalling the absolute freedom Nemo had been seeking – being able to live a life without choice, for while you never choose all things remain possible.[29] The tale of Nemo Nobody reflects a life of choices, whether or not we made the correct choice and what would happen if we could go back and change them. In the reveal Mr. Nobody age 118 states that it doesn't matter what we choose, because each choice, once made has just as much significance as any alternate choice.[30] The film portrays a life where we are all subject to chance, to the dimensions by which we construct our reality (height, length, width and time), and to the imagination of our former selves. And once the boy Nemo knows the outcomes of either choice, he instinctively opts for another.[31]
The different colors used in the film have symbolic meanings. Each of the three main storylines has its own unique hue that highlights their originality and unlikeness to each other. Color differentiation can be traced as far back as Nemo's childhood, where three girls sit on a bench. They are his possible future wives: Jeanne, Elise, and Anna; one in yellow, the other in blue, and the third in a red dress. In his life with Elise, Nemo experiences the consequences of depression and despair, themes associated with the color blue.[32] Choosing Jeanne, Nemo seeks material well-being and independence: yellow – the color of life and wealth – emphasizes this.[33] The true love and passionate relationship between Nemo and Anna is symbolized by the red color of Anna's dress.[34] It is noteworthy that the unborn Nemo is shown living in a white world. White contains all colors of the visible spectrum; this supports the allegorical message of the film that all things are possible until a choice is made.[35] By the end of his life, Nemo is a decrepit old man and lives in a white surrounding (room, clothes, doctor). This way we can see that the fate of the protagonist leads him back to the origins from where he started, the point at which everything is possible.[31]
Release[edit]
Theatrical run[edit]
An earlier, longer, work-in-progress version of the film was rejected for competition by the Cannes Film Festival, which offered that cut of Mr. Nobody an out-of-competition berth. Producer Philippe Godeau turned that down.[36] The decision by the Cannes Film Festival not to exhibit the film created a national controversy.[37] Eventually, the studio held the film's world premiere at the 66th Venice International Film Festival on 12 September 2009.[38] Six days later, Mr. Nobody screened as a special presentation during the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.[39] Additionally, the film was screened at the Sitges Film Festival and the Stockholm International Film Festival before its theatrical release.[40][41]Mr. Nobody had its American premiere on 25 June 2011, at the Los Angeles Film Festival, nearly two years since its original debut.[42] It was among more than 200 feature films, short projects, and music videos, from more than 30 countries, to be shown at the festival. The Consul General of Belgium, Geert Criel, held a second United States screening of Mr. Nobody on 21 December 2011, at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.[43]
Mr. Nobody initially opened in 36 theaters in Belgium in its opening weekend and grossed USD $227,917, placing fourth and posting a per-theater average of $6,331.[44] Over the second weekend, the film dropped 21.9% in revenue, earning $178,098.[45] Grossing nearly $1 million, it became one of the ten highest-grossing 2010 films in Belgium.[46] The film was released in France on 13 January 2010, opening in 150 theaters and had a disappointing opening weekend due to the mixed response from French critics.[47] It finished eighth on its first weekend of release earning $640,517, and by its second weekend of release had dropped to the bottom of the top ten with a total of $1,051,211.[48][49]Magnolia Pictures released the film in the United States in select theaters on 1 November 2013.[50]
Home media[edit]
Mr. Nobody was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in France on 21 July 2010, through Pathé, in two formats: a single-disc wide-screen version which special features include a trailer, making-of and a photo gallery; and a two-disc wide-screen special edition.[51][52] The latter contains the director's cut of the film which has 1 re-cut, 23 extended scenes and 12 additional scenes integrated into the original footage, running about 16 minutes longer than the theatrical version.[53] The Warner Home Video Dutch release includes new specials features: interactive menu, scene access, a making-of, a behind the scenes, deleted scenes and a photo gallery.[54] On 11 January 2011, it was released in Canada through Entertainment One on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, with a making-of featurette, behind the scenes footage and deleted scenes.[55]Optimum Home Entertainment released Mr. Nobody to the British market on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on 12 September 2011, with few special features.[56] It contains a making-of with Leto interview and a trailer of the film.[57]
Critical reception[edit]
Upon its premiere at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, Mr. Nobody was positively received with a ten-minute standing ovation from the audience.[58] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film garnered a 67% approval rating from 30 critics and a weighted average rating of 6.7/10. With its consensus saying, 'Mr. Nobodys narrative tangles may bedevil as much as they entertain, but its big ambitions and absorbing visuals make for an intriguing addition to director Jaco Van Dormael's filmography.'[59] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received a score of 63, based on 10 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.[60]
Jennie Punter of The Globe and Mail praised the film, stating 'Van Dormael holds this fractured fairy tale together by giving it an emotional core and delivers two hours of time travel with a playful spirit and at a mostly hyperkinetic pace, sprinkling it with amusing side journeys and sometimes letting a scene unfold at a more natural tempo.'[61] Bruce Kirkland of Jam! gave the film four stars out of five and wrote, 'Expect the unexpected. Try to answer the unanswerable question that writer-director Van Dormael poses. It is a worthwhile exercise.' He also described Leto's acting as a 'marvelously full-blooded, brain-spinning, tour-de-force performance.'[62] Ken Eisner from The Georgia Straight summarized the film as 'a dazzling feat of philosophical fancy, and it attempts nothing less than the summing up of an entire life, and an epoch or two, with its free-spinning take on recent human history as projected into possible futures.'[63]
Niels Matthijs, writing for Twitch Film, stated that 'It's astounding how van Dormael turns each scene into a unique little cinematic event. There is hardly filler here, no scenes to drag out the running time or to fill some gaps in between other climaxes. Every scene matters and every scene is made to look like it matters. The director uses all means to his disposal to keep the viewer engaged and interested in the life of the main protagonist, Nemo Nobody.'[64] Fred Topel, writing for Screen Junkies, praised the film's artistry, saying 'All of Nemo's lives are painful. No matter what he chooses, he experiences heartbreak, death of loved ones, his own death, and clinical depression. My future seems brighter, but the film makes the strong point that every experience is worthwhile. The goal isn't to choose the easiest path. It's to live.'[65] Chris Holt from Starburst magazine wrote that 'Mr. Nobody is a film that is remarkable by its very existence and that in itself is something to be happy about. You may love it you may hate it, but you can bet that you will never forget it.'[66]Exclaim!'s Robert Bell called the film 'a powerful movie about what it means to be alive.'[67]
Boyd van Hoeij of Variety magazine was more critical, writing 'Though a lot of it is well written and directed and, quite often, funny or poignant, the individual scenes rarely become part of a larger whole.' He praises Leto's acting, stating 'The closest the film comes to having a gravitational center are in the scenes set in 2092. What makes them soar is not the imaginative staging of the future, but Leto's performance. His acting talent really comes into full view in his scenes as the last dying man on Earth.' He also praised Regbo and Temple, saying 'Regbo, as the teenage Nemo, and Juno Temple, as the teenage Anna, are impressive, bringing the hormonal battles of adolescence vividly to life.'[68] Film critic Eric Lavallée listed Regbo as one of his 'Top 10 New Faces & Voices' of 2009 Toronto International Film Festival. He notes that 'newbie Toby Regbo might easily be Mr. Nobody's most 'alive' character. Playing Nemo at age 16, the actor is mostly paired with Juno Temple – their unique love story is the film's heart pumping portions and plays a lot better than the artery clogging other brushes of romance.'[69]
AlloCiné, a French cinema website, gave the film an average of three out of five stars, based on a survey of 24 reviews.[70] Xavier Leherpeur from Le Nouvel Observateur described it as 'a fiction of sterile ramifications, weighed down by a script the labyrinthine constructions of which poorly conceal the poverty of inspiration'.[71] Pierre Fornerod from Ouest-France wrote that 'Van Dormael plays with chance and coincidence. The demonstration is long and heavy, but aesthetically, is superb.'[72]
Accolades[edit]
Mr. Nobody was nominated for and won multiple awards from numerous film organizations and festivals. It was nominated for seven Magritte Awards and was awarded six at the 1st Magritte Awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Jaco Van Dormael, Best Cinematography for Christophe Beaucarne, Best Original Score for Pierre Van Dormael, and Best Editing for Matyas Veress.[73] Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Demolder and Dominique Warnier lost the award for Best Sound to A Town Called Panic. In addition, the film was named Best Film of 2010 by the Belgian Film Critics Association winning the André Cavens Award, and was awarded Best Film at the 2010 Fonske Awards.[74][75] It also received the People's Choice Award for Best European Film at the 23rd European Film Awards, and won the Audience Award at the Biografilm Festival.[76][77]
At the 66th Venice International Film Festival, Sylvie Olivé was awarded the Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution and the film received the Biografilm Lancia Award.[78][79] It was also nominated for the Golden Lion but lost to Lebanon. Jared Leto was nominated for the Volpi Cup for Best Actor.[80] Christophe Beaucarne received Best Cinematography at the 20th Stockholm International Film Festival and Kaatje Van Damme won Best Makeup at the 42nd Sitges Film Festival.[81][82]Mr. Nobody has appeared on many critics top ten lists of 2010 and is frequently considered to be one of the greatest films of the year.[83] Kurt Halfyard, a film critic for Twitch Film, listed Van Dormael's film among the best science fiction films of the 21st century.[84] The American Film Institute listed Mr. Nobody as one of the best European films of 2010.[85]
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Further reading[edit]
- Van Dormael, Jaco (2006). Mr. Nobody (in French). Paris, France: Stock. ISBN2234059828.
- Jouneaux, Jérôme; Duvoisin, Isabelle; Rey, Matthieu (2009). 'Mr. Nobody, a film by Jaco Van Dormael'(PDF). Paris, France: Pan-Européenne. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
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