Mr Nobody

This is a fururistic sci fi film starring Jared Leto. He plays the very old Nemo Nobody, the last mortal man on earth (everyone else is virtual or have life-extending medical procedures). Currently he is an old man being interviewed by a journalist as well as a doctor, reflecting on his life with his parents (Natasha Little and Rhys Ifans) in a vaguely 1950s England timeline.

The story goes back and forth in Mr. Nobody's life, but he has memory lapses so we are not sure what he remembers is real or imagined. It shows three timelines with three wives, one played by Sarah Polley who is depressive, and another by Juno Temple/Diane Kruger (she for a time is his stepsister) which is supposed to be his true love, and a third Asian wife (I felt this character and timeline was less formed).


There are lots of metaphors, surrealism and color cues associated with the characters, as well as a lot of "what if"/butterfly effect premises about the nature of time and choices we make, whether deliberate or accidental. Mr. Nobody tries to determine which of his lives are the real life he is living, and what will happen when he dies.

Jared Leto did a really good job playing the old version of Mr. Nobody, and the story involving his childhood was well acted. I thought the story should have fleshed out the three timelines more evenly while still making apparent which one Mr. Nobody would have liked to be the real one.   The teenage years of Mr. Nobody's life was the least interesting to me, as they were mostly about teen angst.

Many of the visual and sci fi elements are hard to describe. The film has the same feel of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind which may help you decide to tackle it or not.