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Insignificance

Insignificance

Drama · Comedy · 1985

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

Movie details

Insignificance

“A comedy about life, death, sex, and the Universe... relatively speaking.”

1985 Drama · Comedy 1h 49m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

Four 1950s icons meet in the same hotel room, and two of them discover more in common between them than they ever anticipated.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Insignificance?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Nicolas Roeg

Written by

Terry Johnson

Michael Emil

Michael Emil

The Professor

Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell

The Actress

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

The Senator

Gary Busey

Gary Busey

The Ballplayer

Will Sampson

Will Sampson

Elevator Attendant

Patrick Kilpatrick

Patrick Kilpatrick

Driver

I

Ian O'Connell

Assistant Director

Court is in session

Put Insignificance on trial.

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

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.