21 Grams (2003) on Netflix
A hit-and-run accident ties three strangers together. Paul Rivers, a mathematician, waits for a donor heart. Cristina Peck is a mother of two, and Jack Jordan is a born-again ex-convict.
- Netflix3.5/5
- IMDb7.6/10253,637 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes80%
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Plot summary
Paul Rivers is a mathematics professor with a fatal heart condition, and without a donor he has little time left. Cristina Peck, once addicted to drugs, lives in the suburbs with her husband and their two daughters. Jack Jordan, a former convict, leans on his Christian faith to stay off alcohol and drugs and to raise a family. A hit-and-run accident takes Cristina's husband and daughters, and the three strangers are joined by it.
Cast
- Nick Nicholsas Boy
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 21 Grams (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The title references a 1907 experiment that claimed to demonstrate the existence of the soul by measuring a small drop in body weight at the moment of death, one subject losing "three-fourths of an ounce" (21.3 grams). The experiment has been dismissed by the scientific community as flawed and unreliable.
- Paul's story is pictured with cool colors, Jack's with warm colors and Cristina's neutrally, and the three were shot on different film stocks: "when things were looking up for the characters, we'd use a finer-grained stock", Prieto explained, "as things get more complex, we go to a heavier grain".
