21 Grams (2004)

21 Grams has big themes and, boy, does it use them. Named after the weight the body loses at death (the soul departing, perhaps?), it asks how you quantify life in the context of what lives departed leave in their wake. Grief, guilt, fractured faith, vengefulness and sacrifice are the leftovers its characters, - who each walk a tortuous life-and-death tightrope, have to wrestle with. It's hefty stuff, for sure. But does the film punch its weight?

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