You’re still here? Did I fall asleep? Sometimes I don’t sleep so I think… I think about how it was… and all I have left. What do you see when you look at me? A grumpy old man who never answers questions? Who mixes everything up? Who’s kept busy by getting his meals? That’s not me. Me… I wear shorts. I’m nine years old. I can run faster than the train. I can’t feel my aching back anymore. I’m fifteen. I’m fifteen and I’m in love. - Mr. Nobody (2009)

This is one of those surreal “what is reality” films. It reminded me of Vanilla Sky and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which are quite superior to Mr. Nobody in my opinion, but this is still a very worthwhile film. It will make you think about your life and examine certain moments where you could have made a different choice than you did. Where would you be if you had gone one way and not the other? 

My parents met because my mom interviewed for a job with my dad. She did not feel like going to the interview because she woke up with a cold that day. Her roommate convinced her to go. Less than a year later, I was born. What if she decided she had felt too sick to go? What if her previous job had worked out? What if her roommate encouraged her to stay in? What if one or both of them were in love with other people at the time? I wouldn’t be here. So many things had to be just right for me to be sitting here today. 

The scene quoted above had me crying within seconds. It brings forth the reality of death, of an ending, of being very old and at the end of your life and thinking about when you were at the beginning. It’s a great moment.

Also, Jared Leto is a double edged sword. You want to watch him in movies because he is talented and unbelievably good looking. The problem is, he may be too beautiful. It’s distracting. Truly.