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The Nines

The Nines

Drama · Fantasy · Mystery · 2007

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

Movie details

The Nines

“Y9u never kn9w when y9ur number is up.”

2007 Drama · Fantasy · Mystery 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Nines?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

John August

Written by

John August

Ryan Reynolds

Ryan Reynolds

Gary / Gavin / Gabriel

Melissa McCarthy

Melissa McCarthy

Margaret / Melissa / Mary

Hope Davis

Hope Davis

Sarah / Susan / Sierra

Elle Fanning

Elle Fanning

Noelle

David Denman

David Denman

Parole Officer/ Agitated Man

Octavia Spencer

Octavia Spencer

Streetwalker

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone

Ben Falcone

Court is in session

Put The Nines on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.