Review of Cosmopolis: The Movie

By Antoinette Weil
When I chose to watch Cosmopolis as part of our Literary "Fauxscars" segment, I went in with a clean slate. That is, I had never read the book it's based on by Don DeLillo. I didn’t know the story. As such, it could have qualified to be in the running for the sought-after “Best Stand Alone Film” category. But it won’t get my vote.
The film follows Eric Packer, played by Robert Pattinson, a 28 year old billionaire/finance wiz throughout his stretch-limo-capsuled journey across Manhattan to get a haircut. Most of the film, including a sex scene, a doctor’s appointment, a loss ...