How to Watch ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’: Is the Nicolas Cage Movie Streaming?
thewrap.comextraordinary off-screen persona that have transformed Cage into an unwitting walking, talking (and sometimes yelling) meme.The memeification of Cage has in and of itself spurred a Cage-ification of pop culture, and that’s the foundation for Lionsgate’s “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” which stars Cage as his greatest character yet — himself.
Rather, a fictionalized, off-the-wall and sometimes CGI-produced young version of himself. The action-comedy spoof, from director-writer Tom Gormican and executive producer Kevin Etten (who previously collaborated on the short-lived Fox sitcom “Ghosted”), sees Cage — on the edge of bankruptcy — accept a $1 million offer to attend an über-wealthy super-fan’s (Pedro Pascal) birthday party at his agent’s behest (Neil Patrick Harris).
But things take a turn when CIA agents (Tiffany Haddish and Ike Barinholtz) recruit him for a special undercover mission, where the ailing actor is forced to deliver the performance of his life. “Unbearable Weight” is a blast of a caper that beckons the viewer to sit back, buckle in and throw their hands up for its frenzied rollercoaster ride.
Without further dallying, here’s everything you need to know about how to watch the film.The film premiered in theaters April 22 after a critically acclaimed world premiere at this year’s South by Southwest film festival March 12.
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