The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Nicolas Cage is Nick Cage.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7/10· 173K votes
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic68%
TMDb6.782/10· 2K votesWith 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 68/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
Cast of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Nicolas Cage
as Nick Cage / Nicky
Pedro Pascal
as Javi Gutierrez
Sharon Horgan
as Olivia
Ike Barinholtz
as Martin
Alessandra Mastronardi
as Gabriela
Jacob Scipio
as Carlos
Lily Mo Sheen
as Addy Cage
Neil Patrick Harris
as Richard Fink
Tiffany Haddish
as Vivian
Paco León
as Lucas Gutierrez
Katrin Vankova
as Maria
Demi Moore
as Movie Actress Olivia
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent facts
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $29.1M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Nicolas Cage embraces absurdity with gleeful self-aware comedic energy
- •Action and comedy blend effectively creating fun escapist entertainment
- •Gormican celebrates filmmaking passion with euphoric enthusiastic tone
What the audience disliked
- •Underlying message becomes heavy-handed during final act resolution
- •Some comedic timing feels forced in supporting character moments
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