Nicolas Cage’s new movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent lands 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes after SXSW world premiere

Nicolas Cage premiered his highly-anticipated new movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at SXSW in Austin, Texas, scoring rave reviews.

Critics in Austin were the first to get a glimpse at the film, and they clearly liked what they saw, earning a rare 100% fresh rating through the first wave of reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

While there are only 15 reviews posted on RT to date – with dozens if not hundreds more to come – it’s clear that it was very well received from the SXSW crowd.

Rave reviews: Nicolas Cage premiered his highly-anticipated new movie The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent at SXSW in Austin, Texas, scoring rave reviews

Fresh: Critics in Austin were the first to get a glimpse at the film, and they clearly liked what they saw, earning a rare 100% fresh rating through the first wave of reviews on Rotten Tomatoes 

The film is slated to open in theaters April 22, centering on Nicolas Cage playing a version of himself, who has come upon financial troubles.

He agrees to appear at the birthday party of a billionaire superfan for $1 million, but he’s really there as a CIA informant since the superfan (Pedro Pascal) is a drug kingpin.

Variety’s Owen Gleiberman calls the concept of Cage playing Cage, ‘a conceit we get used to in seconds’ and calls it ‘a gift that keeps on giving.’

Nic as Nic: The film is slated to open in theaters April 22, centering on Nicolas Cage playing a version of himself, who has come upon financial troubles

Gift: Variety’s Owen Gleiberman calls the concept of Cage playing Cage, ‘a conceit we get used to in seconds’ and calls it ‘a gift that keeps on giving’

He adds the film is a ‘commercial comedy that has a delirious good time poking fun at Nicolas Cage, celebrating everything that makes him Nicolas Cage.’

The real Nic Cage did actually have financial problems which lead to him taking on practically every role he could, with Gleiberman calling him, ‘the superhero of slumming.’

The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore calls the film a, ‘romp aimed at cultists who have sought out the Crazy Cage performances and forgiven the misfires in between.’

Celebrate: He adds the film is a ‘commercial comedy that has a delirious good time poking fun at Nicolas Cage, celebrating everything that makes him Nicolas Cage’

Romp: The Hollywood Reporter’s John DeFore calls the film a, ‘romp aimed at cultists who have sought out the Crazy Cage performances and forgiven the misfires in between’

However, he adds that the story, ‘loses some of its wild-card flavor as it approaches the end’ and calling the action beats ‘generic.’

RogerEbert.com’s Marya E. Gates revealed she was a Cage fan since she was 11 years old, adding that director Tom Gormican and his co-writer Kevin Etten, ‘understand the connections fans have with cage.’

‘Even amidst all this meta-commentary on contemporary filmmaking, the mechanics of Hollywood, and the emotional heft of fandom, Cage the man always knows what is expected of Cage the myth,’ she adds.

Generic: However, he adds that the story, ‘loses some of its wild-card flavor as it approaches the end’ and calling the action beats ‘generic’

Connection: RogerEbert.com’s Marya E. Gates revealed she was a Cage fan since she was 11 years old, adding that director Tom Gormican and his co-writer Kevin Etten, ‘understand the connections fans have with cage’

‘In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent he finds the perfect synthesis of the two, and in turn delivers one of the most complex, yet crowd-pleasing performances of his career,’ she concluded in her review.

IndieWire’s Jude Dry called it, ‘one of the funniest movies of the year’ and added there is, ‘something for everyone’ in the movie. 

The film also stars Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz, Sharon Horgan, Neil Patrick Harris and Lily Mo Sheen, the daughter of Kate Beckinsale and Michael Sheen. 

Funniest: IndieWire’s Jude Dry called it, ‘one of the funniest movies of the year’ and added there is, ‘something for everyone’ in the movie

Perfect: ‘In The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent he finds the perfect synthesis of the two, and in turn delivers one of the most complex, yet crowd-pleasing performances of his career,’ she concluded in her review

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