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Limitless
Brian Finch, a writer living in a type B lives in a shabby apartment in New York City. Work, love and money become problems which make Eddie depressed. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law introduces him for a 'wonder drug' called NZT, which is being experimented. After that, Eddie becomes extraordinarily intelligent.
17 July 1954, Los Angeles County, California, USA
27 May 1970, Schenectady, New York, USA
22 February 1960, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
September 21, 2012
While it does have some entertaining moments and other moments where possibilities rear their heads, it never quite lives up to the premise.
March 18, 2011
Add it all up, including the nifty twist at the end, and what we have here is a fun Hollywood flick with a good head on its shoulders.
March 18, 2011
What would you do if you could take a pill and suddenly access 100 percent of your brain power? This is the premise behind Limitless, a sci-fi thriller that looks as if its makers utilized around 30 percent of theirs.
January 14, 2013
Relationships are shortchanged and this brisk, fantastical tale fails to find any emotional traction.
August 15, 2013
Paradoxically absorbing, yet cliched and empty, this power-based New York story is a bit of an entertaining thrill ride, probably far more popcorn-engrossing than it deserves to be...
April 08, 2014
Let's describe Neil Burger's latest as director "Abraham Polonsky's 'The Matrix.'" It's a hyper-local amped-up Manhattan melodrama that pulses through one man's mind, one user's bloodstream.
March 23, 2011
It's scatty and fast paced, and director Neil Burger employs some Gaspar Noé-style, bad-trip CG effects to heighten the mood.
June 02, 2013
Limitless brings the seduction of self-enhancement to your local cineplex in a witty package that's pretty enough to keep you intrigued
March 21, 2011
Very limited, actually.
March 18, 2011
The filmmakers doesn't sweat the fact that Eddie is a chemically enhanced fraud. What scares them is any possibility of alienating the movie's target audience with a downer ending.
March 24, 2011
You could pick the script apart for impossibilities. But why bother? It's much more enjoyable to shut your brain off and have a good time.
April 27, 2016
The thriller structure of 'Limitless' and its turns that will mark out the course of action, lack the much needed quality of surprise. [Full review in Spanish]