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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Dec. 7, 2022

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Release Date: Friday, April 22, 2022 Nationwide

Nicolas Cage, Tiffany Haddish, Sharon Horgan, Kevin Etten, Neil Patrick Harris, Pedro Pascal, Ike Barinholtz, Kevin Turen, Tom Gormican, Mike Nilon, Jacob Scipio, Alessandra Mastronardi, Lily Sheen

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Plot

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Plot
Nicolas Cage stars as... Nick Cage in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) 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. With a career built for this very moment, the seminal award-winning actor must take on the role of a lifetime: Nick Cage.
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The film's director Tom Gormican last directed That Awkward Moment and Untitled Tom Gormican Heist Project. The film's writer Tom Gormican last wrote That Awkward Moment and Etiquette.

Producers
Nicolas Cage
Mike Nilon
Kevin Turen

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and violence
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Language
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  • Nicolas Cage will play two fictionalized versions of himself. The first is a downtrodden actor struggling to return to his glory days while the second is a younger doppelgänger of the actor from when he was a big star (IndieWire, 2/16/2020).

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Development

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Release Dates

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, April 22, 2022. There were 16 other movies released on the same date, including The Bad Guys, The Northman and A Cowgirl's Song.



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  • Set the MPAA rating to R for language throughout, some sexual references, drug use and violence

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