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Limitless

2011
Sci-fi, Suspense/Thriller
1h 45m
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Rated 23 Apr 2011
3
24th
"Look at me! I got a haircut. Now I can screw hot chicks and make megabucks trading stocks!" Uhm. "Limitless" sure would've benefited from someone limiting the storyline. It goes here, there and everywhere - essentially going nowhere. The concept is great, but a bland romance ("uh, now you're using your ENTIRE BRAIN - let's get back together!"), endless subplots, weak villains and a horrible script featuring dialogue of absurd banality ensures that it outstays its welcome within the first hour.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
43
32nd
I actually thought this had a lot of potential based on the premise and the flashy camerawork at the beginning. And it was a fun ride for most of it, as Eddie gains success while sealing his inevitable downfall. But then a couple grotesque / contrived scenes ruined the tension and gave the audience the mandatory happy ending to a character that probably didn't deserve one.
Rated 14 Apr 2011
31
33rd
Starts off ok (and with ok I don't mean it's necessarily good) and then after 30 minutes or so it becomes a huge mess. The makers probably thought that, if you include these things (hot sexeh guy, sexeh gurls, sexy scenes, exotic location, money, a well known 'badass' actor, 'neverbeendonebefore editing' and re-using the 'neverdonebefore editing', useless chase scene, difficult words, shooting, cars etc) the film will be a success. They're wrong. Gotta admit though, Cooper's dead sexy
Rated 24 Nov 2014
64
68th
Written by a screenwriter and directed by a director, Limitless is a movie starring actors about a story. After a single viewing of the aforementioned film, I have determined it deserves a score; therefore, a score it has been given.
Rated 19 Mar 2011
2
19th
Fairly bland and was noticeably uninspired pretty much everywhere.
Rated 23 Mar 2011
66
15th
I found the premise of this film to be a real iffy one. The filmmakers would have to walk a very fine line to keep it from being insultingly moronic. Impressively enough, I left Limitless unsure whether it was great or mediocre. That and a fresh approach that feels like they at least really tried earned it some brownie points, but too many times I found myself shaking my head at the screen. Slick and snazzy fun for sure, but drinking blood and using a child with ice-skates as a weapon? No. No.
Rated 28 Mar 2011
34
29th
it's stupid and overproduced, but not without a sense of fun. the more you think about it, the worse it gets, but at least it's not boring
Rated 28 Mar 2011
1
12th
Lazy writing, by the first voiceover you already know that it's going to suck. "this is me, i'm a loser, look at my hair lol." They basically just made a movie about adderall and failed miserably. It's just so boring but yet they try to keep you interested with quick cuts and pointless subplots that ultimately go nowhere. Who could've predicted that De Niro would eventually become film cancer? Guy is a joke in this.
Rated 25 Jul 2011
77
62nd
the first half plays out almost as good as one could possibly expect, the second half is still watchable, but it really detracts from the overall experience. it's a unique idea and a fairly decent movie that just doesn't have that much of a lasting affect.
Rated 08 Aug 2014
60
31st
A smug git nearly chokes to death on his own smoke gittiness, but in the end he's so fucking smug that even that can't kill him. Some nice visual effects that show how being really clever means you have completely disorientating visual and auditory hallucinations that would make you fall over and puke in any other circumstances.
Rated 20 Jun 2019
59
35th
Anybody else remember that episode of Its Always Sunny when the gang thinks they do an amazing choreographed dance at their high school reunion but in reality they are just making themselves look like assholes? I feel like that's Bradley Cooper in this movie without the reveal at the end. Fun watch though.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
53
34th
The best part is the bit with TV Carpio in the apartment hallway, where Cooper's out of his mind on his new drug and talks to her so furiously and earnestly that he ends up seducing her. I wanted more of that. What happens instead simply isn't interesting. He's been given a pill that gives him all this brain power, and he uses it to insert himself into the middle of a boring, vaguely defined Wall Street merger? Big whoop, dude. How did a movie with a premise like this end up so bland?
Rated 01 Apr 2011
55
19th
For a film about a smart guy, he sure does a lot of stupid stuff. Nothing about the script implies any intelligence or thought went into the conception of the plot.
Rated 08 May 2011
40
19th
Cooper is likeable and it's no fault of his that the movie fails. There are two main flaws: 1) the script is, apart from the potentially fascinating premise, weak - one of many problems being very little conflict and 2) Burger's film is not nearly as cool nor as smart as he seems to think it is. It's one of those films that keeps your attention while watching it, only to disintegrate shortly afterwards. What lingers is the stupidity (child blades-"plan", the story's frame). A wasted opportunity.
Rated 20 May 2011
10
6th
Absolutely atrocious writing. The idea that the smartest person in the world would be motivated primarily by money is a stretch in itself. But even if we believe this the film shows he could earn several billion dollars within weeks trading for himself, yet quits to apply for a job in private equity or investment banking that pays a tiny fraction of what he was on track to make as a trader in a much shorter time. Asinine like the rest of the film.
Rated 06 Aug 2011
16
12th
Bradley Cooper jumps off a cliff & has an idea, but we never really learn what that idea is? But it involves playing the stock market with a formula based on rumours, that works by... well we're not told that either! I initially gave this a 35, as a very bland, but easy watch. But the more I thought about this movie, the more I was struck by what a lazy piece of filmmaking it is. The concept has so much potential, but Burger boils it down to idiotic standards. The script is fucking awful too!
Rated 04 Nov 2011
60
62nd
i want that drug :D shouldnt have had a happy ending
Rated 08 Jan 2012
60
26th
I like the idea of it better than the execution. Kudos to the first thing he does after now using 100% of his brain is fuck some guys wife. Well played super genius.
Rated 24 May 2013
5
5th
Early on, Bradley Cooper as the loser is good, I'll say that. But once his character got the brain pill, this movie made me angrier and angrier. So he's a super-genius, but all he can think to do is to get rich and get laid? How about doing good with his new brain power? Help people? Solve world problems? Nope. And it's not just Cooper. It doesn't seem to occur to ANY of these geniuses to do anything remotely unselfish. This film is utterly materialistic. No moral dimension whatever.
Rated 29 Jul 2014
55
53rd
Far-fetched? If twenty years ago you had suggested to me the possibility of something like Sildenafil, or even Minoxidil, I probably would have been skeptical, so what do I know? The film is light-hearted fun: the ethical unconcern of the protagonist and notably non-moralistic conclusion may well have bothered some audiences, but to this viewer these characteristics seemed to signal a willingness to avoid pandering to conventional expectations, and were thus greeted with welcome surprise.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
70
26th
Limitless is nothing more then what is shown in the trailer. It is about Eddie Morra who gets his hands on a drug that allows him to access his entire brain and become whatever he wants to be. Cooper does a fine job in the lead role, but Limitless does not stray from the path that we could easily predict it going on. It is too simple at times, but it is still good for what it is. It is a hard film to review because it is too simple, but yet it is still good.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
10
9th
"Even Bradley Cooper lapping thirstily at a pool of blood can't save a dumbass sci-fi fable on the perils of increased mental capacity." - Bill Weber
Rated 21 Mar 2011
60
35th
The problem with writing a character that is smart beyond belief is that the writer would need to write a screenplay to match that intellect. Instead, with its first-person voice-over that drops in and out and predictable twists, 'Limitless' feels amateur. One-dimensional characters appear and disappear without real effect. The voice-over is irritatingly bad and unnecessary. The ending throws in one more twist that is so useless, it leaves you sour. 'Limitless' has complete lack of consequence.
Rated 30 Mar 2011
70
42nd
Y'know, I like Bradley Cooper, I'll give pretty much anything he's in at least a pass. And that's what this one gets, it gets a pass and a little better. It explores a cool idea (the idea that we can only access/employ a certain percentage of our brains), but only on the surface. Doesn't go into huge depths. I think it's worth seeing, if for nothing else, to take every opportunity to watch Robert de Niro on screen. It doesn't matter what he's in or is doing. It's Robert de Niro. Go see it. Now.
Rated 31 Mar 2011
3
32nd
As in there's no limit to how retarded this gets. A completely braindead sci-fi thriller. It will induce headaches in anyone giving its silly story half a thought and migraines in anyone attempting to wrestle any enjoyment out of doing so.
Rated 05 Apr 2011
68
35th
So he can basically do anything and he wants to be an investment banker?
Rated 18 Apr 2011
85
75th
The pseudoscience is particularly dumb but this was surprisingly good. The reason I like the film is that self-destruction didn't result from seemingly self-destructive means. Doesn't make sense, and neither does the idea that euphoria and a greater mental aptitude would result in a healthier, more functional person...but whatever.
Rated 26 Apr 2011
52
36th
What do we learn? Nothing. No- wait: Drugs are cool when you use them correctly. And one day you don't need them anymore because you developed an own, unexplained way to reproduce the effect of the drugs with your body without taking them.
Rated 19 May 2011
75
48th
A movie with a great premise and some trippy music video like visuals that fails keep your attention and wrap everything up nicely. DeNiro's role is totally wasted, and one can't help but feel that the ending was really rushed.
Rated 20 May 2011
60
38th
Flashy, but disgustingly shallow story about an equally shallow guy who gets hold of a magic pill that changes his life. It looks and sounds pretty impressive, but the message is a celebration to all things shallow and material and the ending only emphasizes that even more. Like American Psycho without any humor. But at least I didn't have to see Shia Labeouf doing his character again (because he has only one).
Rated 12 Jun 2011
60
47th
good idea but so many holes and in the end...the main character didnt seem to learn his lesson and is actually an asshole.
Rated 18 Jun 2011
42
27th
A pointless celebration of ruthlessness. Drugs you into submission to the plastic people.
Rated 07 Jul 2011
73
47th
not very good but watchable... interesting plot with lots of holes... some interesting scenes and shots to depict that the main character is high on NZT, gives a Chuck Palahniuk kinda feeling...
Rated 10 Jul 2011
74
68th
Quite decent scifi. After watching it, I can't get rid of the idea the writers could have done so much more with this idea. The movie starts interesting, even mysterious, with some good camerawork and some nice usage of colours to support every feeling in this film, but then again.. The pace was too slow and the movie got stuck in the same unending spiral the viewer (and main character) kept going through. Liked Cooper and De Niro though.
Rated 19 Jul 2011
86
73rd
Don't do drugs kids, It makes you drink dead people's blood.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
42
40th
watchable
Rated 21 Aug 2011
70
56th
Pretty entertaining film. It takes a good idea and runs with it, using some fancy camera-tricks and a good effort by Bradley Cooper. It perhaps is a bit too ambitious in some areas, but that's at least a miscalculation in film making I can forgive. The ending sells out a bit and there is a somewhat forced romance subplot, but it's Hollywood and those aren't exactly a surprise. Worth a watch.
Rated 17 Sep 2011
68
30th
limitless is limited, could have been so much more interesting... a forgettable film
Rated 01 Oct 2011
45
66th
Enjoyable if you don't think about it too hard. The blood drinking scene had me roaring with laughter at how comical it looked The suspense that is built up and knocked down in the last 5 minutes just suggests that the writer had no idea what to do with his story so he just knocked up something quick on the bus to the studio.
Rated 05 Nov 2011
60
5th
Disappointing. The premise is wonderful but the script doesn't develop it satisfactorily. What is De Niro doing there? His character could be much more memorable.
Rated 25 Nov 2011
15
2nd
Apparently no pill can give you common sense.
Rated 17 Feb 2012
81
59th
My expectations for this film were pretty high and sadly it didn't live up to them. It was a good storyline and a great idea but it just didn't work for me. I didn't like the ending at all. (The alternative ending in the extras on the DVD wasn't bad.)
Rated 29 Feb 2012
50
47th
Limitless is fun for a while, but ultimately wears thin while trying to do too much, yet never saying anything about its primary gimmick, drugs. It doesn't take a firm stance on anything that it contains. Its characters aren't well developed, with both De Niro and Cornish having little to do with their far-too-small roles, although I didn't mind Bradley Cooper providing us with narration. It's somewhat enjoyable, but it needed something more to make it absolutely worthwhile.
Rated 11 Jul 2012
16
3rd
For all the potential that was available to the basic concept, which wasn't very unique to begin with, it was pathetically wasted at every single possible moment. Even if we disregard the offensively clichéd set-up, the scientifically illiterate script, the blatantly predictable plot, and the weakly written characters, there's still practically no redeeming values to speak of. Is there a pill that will make me forget I saw this? Cyanide, perhaps?
Rated 06 Jul 2014
84
59th
NZT48, the designer pharmaceutical drug featured in "Limitless", is supposedly able to increase a person's brain usage to one hundred percent. However, I'm not sure this is accurate since we never see the protagonist control time, matter or people. At one hundred percent usage, he should have been capable of doing these things. I know this for a fact because Morgan Freeman told me about it in a trailer for another movie.
Rated 14 Sep 2015
69
26th
This film could have been truly awesome but the end was weak. I was convinced that, when DeNiro appears towards the end, there was going to be some epic twist of Long Good Friday/ Layer Cake proportions. There should have been. But instead it was all too easy. Man gets magic pill, wins at life. End. Why bother with the murder side story if you don't conclude it? Why spend the entire middle section of the film worrying about side effects and then ignore them at the end?
Rated 15 Oct 2015
97
99th
I love this movie. It's one where it get's such a high score because I find it to be so fun. It's a movie that everyone I have ever had watch, at the very least, enjoyed. Any film I can pull up for a group and everyone enjoys it no matter what their taste is a wonder find.
Rated 17 Oct 2015
2
10th
An interesting premise ruined by an unlikable douche of a protagonist and an ending that undermines the whole moral of the story, if there ever was such a thing.
Rated 11 Jun 2017
45
17th
NZT48, aka the "douche pill", finally makes useless self-loathing losers (e.g. writers) into the greatest people to walk this planet! This movie actually asks you to believe that people need to be really smart to be stock traders, managers or politicians.
Rated 08 Jun 2021
79
74th
I sometimes think about what I would wish for if I had 3 wishes. I wouldn't want anything too flashy or fantastical as I wouldn't want to draw attention to myself in that way. This movie introduced me to the first decent portrayal of how an enhanced intelligence might work in a believable, non-cartoonish way. And that would be one of my wishes, for sure. Film itself isn't that great on it's own merit, but it has enough of the pieces in the right place to make it memorably good.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
30
12th
interesting concept poorly executed
Rated 20 Mar 2011
50
4th
It's very flashy and sort of entertaining throughout its running time, but at the end it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
45
25th
Decent sci fi.
Rated 23 Mar 2011
100
51st
very good robert de-noir and bradley are really good in this movie great plot and great cast of stars 10 out of 10
Rated 23 Mar 2011
4
43rd
It's somewhat amusing as a wish-fulfillment fantasy about being super duper smart (and I agree with jasonseals that Bradley Cooper's very first genius scene is probably the high point of the entire film), but the thriller elements that take up most of the second and third acts are pretty rote and unexciting.
Rated 03 Apr 2011
80
39th
Started with a great deal of promise, but failed to follow through with the idea that was the driving force behind it.
Rated 10 Apr 2011
30
15th
Once again a somewhat great premise gone wrong! Cooper is solid and Burger sometimes takes us on a great visual tour, but that's it. It has way to many plot holes and it doesn't explore its own universe enough and you end up simply not believing in the story. Its sad, but true... Which is also sad is the fact that this is yet another nail in the great Bobby De Niro's acting career's coffin'!
Rated 10 Apr 2011
72
48th
71.500
Rated 16 Apr 2011
80
88th
Way better than I thought it would be! Im truely amazed by the fact that this scenario was never worked out; that makes this movie very original. I loved the ending cause of everything that could have gone wrong, the main character uses the drug to its full advantage including taking care of his own health (whenever drugs come into play in hollywoodmovies, you kind of know the safety of all the characters in the movie is going to go downhill very soon). In short: worth watching + good acting
Rated 17 Apr 2011
75
56th
Interesting concept, and I loved the directing & cinematography. Bradley Cooper's great, and I really enjoyed Andrew Howard as the Russian. The ending seemed to come together much neater than it should have given all that we were told leading up to it. Also, I don't see how the grand plan he mentioned when starting the drug was what he wound up doing in the end; there were no clues along the way that that was even in his mind. Still, a good movie worth a watch.
Rated 17 Apr 2011
80
45th
It was alright, I guess I was expecting a little more.
Rated 24 Apr 2011
97
96th
Kinda predictable, but brilliant. Loved it. I like action kinda films usually, with a semi-decent/believable plot. This plot has a lot of holes - but if you don't over analyse and just root for the main character, it's totally watchable and brilliant.
Rated 02 May 2011
55
21st
Was actually a decent movie until about the halfway point, then things go downhill quickly. The scene where Ed drinks blood to get his fix was hilarious.
Rated 10 May 2011
75
61st
A nice surprise. Going into the cinema i knew nothing about this movie, and i was not disappointed. A clever script , backed by a solid performance from the lead actor, Mr. Cooper, combined with some funny bits makes limitless an enjoyable watch. And what an ending!
Rated 20 May 2011
70
26th
The biggest problem is that it's obvious that this is fiction, because otherwise the writers would have popped a pill and written something that was actually coherent. Terrible pacing and full of plot holes but it is an interesting concept and a watchable pastime. DeNiro's character, in his small role, basically serves to point out everything wrong with the script.
Rated 20 May 2011
60
38th
Enjoyable, even though the message delivered is questionable. I don't know why but I expected a somewhat deeper movie when I watched the preview. The scene where he drinks blood was surely disgusting, please don't put those kinds of scenes in films that aren't horror flicks! Of course, the movie is nice to watch since Bradley Cooper is quite easy on the eyes ;)
Rated 21 May 2011
69
59th
Idee ist ganz gut, Effekte sehr hübsch und im Grunde ein ganz netter Film. Leider bleiben ein paar Fragen offen (oder werden ungenügend beantwortet) und am Ende bleibt ein fader Beigeschmack nach Drogen-Verharmlosung, frei nach dem Motto "Meth wäre an sich eine gute Sache wenn man die Nebenwirkungen verringer könnte".
Rated 23 May 2011
70
48th
I liked the directing and the idea, but the writers aren't really up to the task. Quite entertaining nevertheless.
Rated 25 May 2011
60
23rd
I enjoyed it but didn't think it was terribly special. Interesting idea, and executed pretty well.
Rated 31 May 2011
65
66th
Funy but puny...
Rated 01 Jun 2011
62
16th
I thought the filmmaker's were going to make a moral statement about drug use.Instead they give us a stupid ending that glorifies drug use.Robert De Niro is wasted in his role.Anybody else could have played his character and it wouldn't of made any difference.
Rated 02 Jun 2011
88
54th
While marketed as a pharmaceutical conspiracy thriller, Limitless is more of a bloody comedy of errors. While the narration may be a bit too talky and the protagonist may be a bit too smug for the film's own good, where Limitless succeeds is its flawless structure, editing and pacing. The film knows how to disorient the viewer without confusing or distracting it, a vital component of simulating the drug's effects. It's a surprisingly subversive popcorn flick that won't insult your intelligence.
Rated 02 Jun 2011
80
60th
There's a lot to like. It's not as mysterious as it would have you think from the marketing, but it''s entertainment.
Rated 05 Jun 2011
85
63rd
Can a drug overcome our limits without injury?
Rated 08 Jun 2011
69
63rd
The idea and output were nice. I also liked the experimental editing. Some rewritings would improve story a lot since there was some unpleasant holes. A fine entertainment though.
Rated 10 Jun 2011
53
21st
if only the director had taken a few NZT we might have something here. That being said the screenplay, though good at times and an interesting premise, has some significant plot holes and leaves a plenty to be desired. Bradley Cooper does a decent job, but there's really nothing remarkable about any of the work in this movie.
Rated 11 Jun 2011
25
17th
Roger Ebert's conclusive comment resonated best with my opinion as far as this film is concerned; Limitless never seems able to access more than 20% of its brain. A wild waste of potential, but it's not terrible.
Rated 18 Jun 2011
56
20th
An intriguing start, followed by a smart vampire who dates a chick that uses little ice-skating girls as weapons. Someone forgot to put a protagonist in this film. Oh and de Niro showed up to get a paycheck. Cooper has a career in front of him, but this isn't impressive at all.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
75
37th
Pity the writer and director weren't on NZT - if they had used 100% of their brains they might have turned this high concept idea into something really great. Instead it's unpolished - too much voiceover feels lazy, the visual style isn't thought through, and the plot is all over the place. Robert De Niro and Abbie Cornish act as much-needed anchors for the madness, trying to abort the ugly love-child of Wall Street, Pi, Crank, Deception, Tell No One and The Hangover. More dumb than smart.
Rated 02 Jul 2011
97
33rd
Great movie, a little bit too schlocky at the end.
Rated 02 Jul 2011
24
16th
[Unrated]
Rated 02 Jul 2011
45
16th
Muy buena idea, pero muy pobre el desarrollo de la pelicula. Daba para muchisimo mas. Pesima actuacion de Bradley Cooper
Rated 17 Jul 2011
55
43rd
Better than I'd expected. Bradley Cooper better in this type of role than the hangover!
Rated 23 Jul 2011
60
25th
The story was crawling along at a snails pace and not even an interesting story at that.
Rated 23 Jul 2011
77
67th
Starts pretty well with a likable and funny character but doesn't end anywhere near as well. Some interesting work with the camera (not the zoom scenes which were more nauseating). In the end there was no message to really grasp onto.
Rated 24 Jul 2011
55
26th
Robert DeNiro is a really good actor. The rest of the cast is meh, and the ending could've been more suspenseful
Rated 26 Jul 2011
60
57th
This movie got a lot of hate on Criticker, but I liked it. Great watch.
Rated 27 Jul 2011
64
42nd
The concept was interesting and Cooper is a likable lead, but the resolution is a bit disappointing--as in rushed, leaving the viewer feeling a bit cheated.
Rated 28 Jul 2011
68
49th
The movie has an interesting concept. The story of the movie lacks depth but the director tries to make it up with polish. I still cant figure out what why the director had De Niro in this movie. The movie had a lot more potential and the ending was as expected. Overall an entertaining movie.
Rated 28 Jul 2011
3
10th
Garbage
Rated 30 Jul 2011
82
41st
A good movie, but a similar idea to many sci-fi stories. There were many good self contained moments, but they were linked together very weakly
Rated 31 Jul 2011
82
76th
ending felt a little week, but i enjoyed this movie.
Rated 01 Aug 2011
70
34th
good idea. too many plot holes
Rated 09 Aug 2011
50
21st
It was going very well when it was about writer's block, when it takes a turn for something else it takes it for the worse. There are some good moments, but the movie is so disjointed to be good and enjoyable.
Rated 19 Aug 2011
70
61st
A slightly absurd premise and some things without much explanation, but the concept is cool and as entertainment is quite good.
Rated 19 Aug 2011
15
71st
It's kind of sad if not hypocritical that a film about a genius can have so many dumb plot points! That said if you can allow your self to get over the bad screen play, you might be able to finish and even enjoy the film.
Rated 19 Aug 2011
90
93rd
This movie is a pulse-pounding breath of fresh air---it's fast and lethal, well-acted, edited sharply, and it thrills you with an intriguing concept. While 'Limitless' might have its limits in terms of storytelling possibilities, this movie thrills to the core. I had a great time with it.
Rated 26 Aug 2011
55
18th
So many unanswered questions throughout this one.
Rated 29 Aug 2011
63
57th
Besides from a disappointing ending this is a fine and original thriller. But it hit me that Cooper should really stay away from drugs in his films. He always gets amnesia from it...
Rated 30 Aug 2011
69
39th
The film isn't terribly good, but the premise is fascinating in a Philip K. Dick sort of way.

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