Review of Cosmopolis (2012) by Geewah — 03 Feb 2022

Cronenberg is back to his obscure, out there ways but with this movie we just get a dull and exhaustive mess.

This review of Cosmopolis (2012) was written by Geewah on 03 February 2022.

Cosmopolis has generally received mixed reviews.

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