The Nines (2007)
3/10
Overrated and Pretentious Mess
10 August 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Part One: The Prisoner - In Los Angeles, the television actor Gary (Ryan Reynolds) accidentally burns his house while burning the belongings of his ex-girlfriend. Then he drives drinking booze, uses crack and capsizes his car. He is sentenced to home imprisonment under the surveillance of the public relation Margaret (Melissa McCarthy) and befriends and flirts with his neighbor Sarah (Hope Davis). However, weird things happen in the house haunting Gary.

Part Two: Reality Television - The screenplay writer Gavin fires his old friend Melissa, the lead actress of his reality show, following the advice of Susan, who is the liaison with the direction of the network, and finds that he has been betrayed.

Part Three: Knowing - The car of the video game designer Gabriel runs out battery and he leaves his wife Mary and his daughter, seeking a signal in his cellular to call a tow truck. He meets the drifter Susan that tells Gabriel who he is.

"The Nines" is an overrated movie, actually a pretentious mess, with three tales entwining the lives of three lead characters. The first part is intriguing, but the other two and the conclusion are awful. My vote is three.

Title (Brazil): "Número 9" ("Number 9")
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