History Film / TheNines

* ActingForTwo: Well, "acting for three", to be more accurate since there are three stories and each actor plays a new character each time.
** [[spoiler: Justfied because in reality, they are all different incarnations of the same people with every new scenario. E.g., Gary, Gabriel and Gavin are just different "roles" that "G" embodies.]]

* TitleDrop: Curiously, the subtitles ("The Prisoner", "Reality Television", "Knowing") are not mentioned, but "the nines" is dropped once in each of the three sections of the film.

* AmnesiacGod: Both the premise and TheReveal
* Foreshadowing:
** Several of the conversations between Ryan Reynold's characters and Hope Davis' characters hint towards [[spoiler: Reynold's characters being a single deity.]] This one is between Gabriel, the video game designer and the woman he finds walking down the road. They begin to talk about video games.

-->'''Sierra''': [[spoiler: But you're not most people. You created the world. You know all the secret codes.]]
-->'''Gabriel''': [[spoiler: Like GodMode?]]

* HumanityIsInfectious : [[spoiler: "G" falls in love with his creation, and has been slumming it among humanity ever since. So much to the point of even forgetting that he is a god.]]
* IAmWho: Essentially the central mystery of the film. It turns out the main character is [[spoiler:some sort of demi-god who created the entire universe and chose to live among humanity, acting out different roles.]]
* ItWasAllADream : Averted. While demanding Margaret for the truth, Gary is asked if he has any theories. Gary quickly postulates that he's in either in a [[GenreSavvy dream, a coma or purgatory.]] She reveals that he's [[WrongGenreSavvy wrong on all counts.]]
* NumerologicalMotif : The number nine of course. It is most prominent during "The Prisoner" but it's all over the film.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: They're extra-dimensional beings who can raise and raze entire universes in a thought.]]
-->'''Gary''': [[spoiler: Are you saying I'm God?]]
-->'''Margaret''': [[spoiler: Technically, no. If God is a ten, a theoretical ultimate, that which-no-greater-can-be-imagined, you're more of a nine.]]
** [[spoiler: Despite that, it's heavily implied throughout the film that "G" is the Judeo-Christian God as "S" points out one of the roles "G" played was "messiah". In addition, there's this exchange toward the end of the film,]]
-->'''"G"''': [[spoiler: You guys kill each other a lot.]]
-->'''Mary''':[[spoiler: In fairness, it's usually in your name.]]


* ShoutOut : One to Stephen King's very own ''Literature/{{Misery}}.''

* TitleDrop : Curiously, the subtitles ("The Prisoner", "Reality Television", "Knowing") are not mentioned, but "the nines" is dropped once in each of the three sections of the film.
* WhamLine : After the fairly [[MindScrew mindscrew-y]] "The Prisoner," "Reality Television" unfolds like a realistic documentary... Until Gavin storms out onto the street and [[TurnOffTheCamera tells the camera man to stop filming him.]]
-->'''Pedestrian''':[[spoiler: Who are you talking to?]]

''The Nines'' is a 2007 metaphysical mystery film starring RyanReynolds, Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, and Hope Davis. It was written and directed by John August.

* [[spoiler: AmnesiacGod]]: Both the premise and TheReveal

* [[spoiler: IAmWho : Essentially the central mystery of the film. It turns out the main character is some sort of demi-god who created the entire universe and chose to live among humanity, acting out different roles.]]

'''''The Nines''''' is a 2007 metaphysical mystery film starring RyanReynolds, Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, and Hope Davis. It was written and directed by John August.

->''"[[OnAScaleFromOneToTen On a scale of one to ten,]] you know you belong with [[TitleDrop the nines]]. We both know you won't settle for less."''

-->'''Pedestrian''':[[Who are you talking to?]]

->''"[[OnAScaleOfOneToTen On a scale of one to ten,]] you know you belong with [[TitleDrop the nines]]. We both know you won't settle for less."''

'''''The Nines''''' is a 2007 metaphysical mystery film starring RyanReynolds, MelissaMcCarthy, and Hope Davis. It was written and directed by John August.

-->'''Margaret''': I'm a fan of yours, you know. Your number one fan. But if you fuck this up. (squeezes his ankles) I'll smash your ankles with a sledgehammer!"

* NumerlogicalMotif : The number nine of course. It is most prominent during "The Prisoner" but it's all over the film.

* ''The Prisoner'': An actor is placed under house arrest after going on a self-destructive bent because of his most recent breakup. He makes nice with his publicist and the flirty next door neighbor until he starts noticing that not everything is what it seems...

The film is divided into three main sections with [[ActingForTwo actors playing a different role each time.]] Themes, people, plot threads and, of course, the central motif of 9 overlap throughout to finally culminate in a tale of creation, creator, fate, choice, and fantasy.

* ActingForTwo: Well, three, to be more accurate since there are three stories and just about each actor basically plays three characters. One for each story.

** Several of the conversations between Ryan Reynold's characters and Hope Davis' characters hint towards [[spoiler: Reynold's characters being a single deity.]] This one is between Gabriel, a video game designer and the woman he finds walking down the road.

* HumanityIsInfectious : [[spoiler: "G" falls in love with his creation, and has been slumming it among humanity ever since to the point of even forgetting that he is a god.]]

* ItWasAllADream : Averted. When demanding Margaret for the truth, Gary is asked by her for any theories. Quickly, Gary postulates that he's in either in a [[GenreSavvy dream, a coma or purgatory.]] She reveals that he's [[WrongGenreSavvy wrong on all counts.]]

* ItWasAllADream : Averted. When demanding Margaret for the truth, Gary is asked by her for any theories. Quickly, Gary postulates that he's in either in a [[GenreSavvy dream, a coma or purgatory.]] She reveals that he's wrong on all counts.