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| writer = ] | writer = John August
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| runtime = 99 min | runtime = 99 minutes
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'''''The Nines''''' is a ] ] / drama, written and directed by ], and starring ], ], ], and ]. The film debuted at the ], and made $63,165 in the U.S. box office through October 11, 2007.<ref></ref> '''''The Nines''''' is a 2007 American ] ] film written and directed by ], starring ], ], ], and ]. The film debuted at the ] and made $63,165 in the U.S. box office through October 11, 2007.<ref name="mojo">{{cite web |title=The Nines (2007) - |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nines.htm |website=]}}</ref>


==Narrative structure==
==Plot==
The film is broken into three chapters centered around three men (all played by ]) who try to uncover the secret about strange happenings in their, at times overlapping, lives.
"Part One - The Prisoner" tells of a troubled ], Gary, who is wearing the green bracelet on his wrist. Gary is under house arrest living in another person's house because he burned down his own. The owner of the house is described as a TV writer away on work. While living in the house he is befriended by both a P.R. 'handler', Margaret, and the single mom next door, Sarah, who may or may not be interested in him romantically. Over the course of his house arrest, Gary becomes convinced that he is being haunted by the number nine, including finding a note saying "Look for the nines" in ''his'' handwriting. He also sees different versions of himself around the house, which unsettles him, causing him to break out of his house arrest barrier, which in turn causes a blip in reality. He encounters many occurrences of the number nine, while playing ] he rolls nines, while reading newspaper advertisements be becomes obsessed with finding nines. Asking Sarah about ], worries her and she cryptically tells him "I can get you out of here".


==="Part One: The Prisoner"===
"Part Two - Reality Television" tells of a gay television writer, Gavin, trying to get his pilot made. He leaves his house to go away and work on his TV show, "Knowing", about a mother and daughter who are lost, which stars his friend Melissa (Melissa McCarthy playing a version of herself) as the lead actress. In a conversation about reviews and critics Susan, a television executive, tells Gavin to look for the nines which he then writes on a piece of paper, the same piece which Gary found in Part One. He also tells Melissa he thinks he is haunted by ''himself''. During the process of post production, Susan pushes for Gavin to ditch his friend Melissa as the unconventional lead actress of his project, in favor of a more attractive, well-known actress. This causes an argument between him and Melissa. He then finds out that the well-known actress was actually cast in another show which Susan knew of before suggesting her. Since she is now unavailable and Melissa won't answer Gavin's phone-calls. Gavin confronts Susan about her knowing his show would never get picked up and about him only being a subject on a Reality-TV show. After a heated exchange, he snaps and slaps her in the mouth. Insulting his manhood for hitting a woman she scoffs "Do you think you are a man"? She walks away, which leads to him telling the reality TV cameraman to leave him alone. A pedestrian then asks him who he is talking to, and it is shown that the reality television cameraman does not exist. He looks around and notices that everyone has a 7 floating above their heads and also that he has the number nine floating above his head.
Gary is a troubled actor who is wearing a green bracelet on his wrist, under ] living in another person's house because he burned down his own. The owner of the house is described as a TV writer away on work. While living in the house, he is befriended by both a P.R. "handler", Margaret, and the single mom next door, Sarah, who may or may not be interested in him romantically. Over the course of his house arrest, Gary becomes convinced that he is being haunted by the number nine, including finding a note in his own handwriting saying "Look for the nines". He encounters many occurrences of the number nine: while playing backgammon, he rolls nines; while reading newspaper advertisements, he becomes obsessed with finding nines. Asking Sarah about the ] worries her, and she cryptically tells him: "I can get you out of here". He sees different versions of himself around the house, which unsettles him, causing him to break out of his house arrest barrier which in turn destroys reality in a blinding flash.


==="Part Two: Reality Television"===
A flashback from Part One shows Gary's P.R. handler, Margaret, telling him he is a God-like being and that God is a 10, humans are a 7 and that he is a 9, therefore he can destroy the world with a single thought, and that he exists in many different forms and that none of them are real. Gary does not believe this and flips out, which is revealed to be the real reason for his breaking his house arrest barrier in Part One.
A television writer Gavin is trying to get his ] produced. He leaves home to work on his TV show, ''Knowing'', about a mother and daughter who are lost, which stars his friend Melissa McCarthy as the lead actress. In a conversation about reviews and critics Susan, a television executive and producer of the show, tells Gavin to look for the nines, which he then writes on a piece of paper, the same piece that Gary found in Part One. He also tells Melissa that he thinks he is haunted by ''himself''. During the process of post-production, Susan pushes for Gavin to ditch his friend Melissa as the unconventional lead of his project in favor of a more attractive, well-known actress. This causes an argument between him and Melissa. He then finds out that the well-known actress was actually cast in another show, which Susan knew before suggesting her. Since the well-known actress is now unavailable, and Melissa won't answer Gavin's calls, he confronts Susan about her knowing that his show would never get picked up and about him only being a subject on a ] show. After a heated exchange, he snaps and slaps her. Seemingly insulting his manhood for hitting a woman, she scoffs: "Do you feel like a man?" and walks away, which leads to him telling the reality TV cameraman to leave him alone. A pedestrian then asks him to whom he is talking, and it is shown that the reality television cameraman does not exist. He looks around and notices that everyone has a "7" floating above their heads and also that he has a "9" floating above his own.


A flashback shows Gary's P.R. handler, Margaret, telling him that he is God, a nine like the angels, and humans are sevens (koalas, incidentally, are eights because they control weather). He created the world and can destroy it with a single thought. He exists in many different forms and that none of them are real. Gary does not believe this and becomes distraught, which is revealed to be the real reason for his breaking his house arrest barrier.
"Part Three - Knowing" tells of an acclaimed ], Gabriel, whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Gabriel leaves his wife, Mary, and young daughter, Noelle, to try to get a better signal on his phone. He meets a woman, Sierra, who leads him off into the woods to her car, so she can give him a lift to the gas station. Meanwhile back at the car Noelle watches a video on a digital camera showing Gavin talking to Melissa from Part Two and Margaret talking to Gary in Part One. She is confused and shows her mom, who appears confused as well.


==="Part Three: Knowing"===
Meanwhile, Gabriel shows signs of intoxication, as Sierra had drugged water she was giving him with ]. She has been trying all this long as Sarah, Sierra, Susan to separate the other three incarnations of "G" from Mary. That poisoning him with GHB was the only way to get him to stop long enough to reason with him. She calms Gabriel by telling him that this is an intervention and they (the Prostitute from part 1, and parole officer/agitated man), were trying to help him come home. She likens Gabriel's addiction to the game ] or ]. That Gabriel has been playing for 4,000 years reincarnating into different roles to play with the humans. The 3 nines plea with him to come back home.
Acclaimed ] Gabriel, whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, leaves his wife, Mary, and young daughter, Noelle, to try to get a better signal on his phone. He meets a woman, Sierra, who leads him off into the woods to her car, so she can give him a lift to the gas station. Meanwhile, back at the car Noelle watches a video on a digital camera showing Gavin talking to Melissa from Part Two and Margaret talking to Gary in Part One. She is confused and shows her mom, who appears confused as well.


Meanwhile, Gabriel becomes ill because Sierra has drugged his water with ]. In all of the stories, as Sarah, Sierra and Susan, she has been trying to separate him from Mary/Melissa/Margaret and make him realize that none of these lives are real. She says that this is an intervention, and she and the other recurring characters have been trying to help him remember that he is not human, but God, who has absorbed himself in various human incarnations for 4000 years. She likens Gabriel's addiction to ]. He is needed back home, a place that cannot be imagined with human thoughts or described in human words.
Back at the car Noelle has gone missing. Gabriel then returns to the car with Noelle in his arms and the family goes home. Mary, who realizes that he is not who he seems, tells Gabriel he needs to go and that the world is not real. Gabriel tells her that there were ninety different variations of the universe and this is the last one. Gabriel then realizes he must go and removes the green bracelet from his wrist, at which point the universe peels away into nothing. The film ends with the woman from all three parts married to Ben, whom she is married to in Part Two, and Noelle as their daughter. Noelle tells her mother that "he's not coming back" and that "all the pieces have been put together" and her mother finishes her sentence that this is "the best of all possible worlds."


Gabriel returns to the car and the family goes home. Mary deduces that Gabriel has remembered his reality and needs to leave. Gabriel tells her that there were ninety different variations of the universe, and this is the last one. Gabriel removes the green string from his wrist and the universe morphs into something else. The film ends with Melissa McCarthy's character married to Ben, to whom she had been married in Part Two, with Noelle as their daughter. Noelle tells her mother that "He's not coming back" and that "He put all the pieces together", and her mother finishes her sentence that this is "the best of all possible worlds."
== Production ==
The movie was shot over 22 days in ] and two days in ],<ref name="So I made a movie">{{cite web | url = http://johnaugust.com/archives/2006/so-i-made-a-movie | title = So I made a movie | accessdate=2007-01-12 | work = John August}}</ref> with some scenes in John August's house.<ref name="Movies look nothing like reality">{{cite web | url = http://johnaugust.com/archives/2006/movies-look-nothing-like-reality | title = Movies look nothing like reality | accessdate=2007-01-12 | work = John August}}</ref> The movie was shot in a combination of video and film with everything being posted in ].<ref name="So I made a movie">{{cite web | url = http://johnaugust.com/archives/2006/so-i-made-a-movie | title = So I made a movie | accessdate=2007-01-12 | work = John August}}</ref> Despite this, the film has yet to be released on ].


==Reception== ==Cast==
{{castlist|*] as:
The film currently holds a 68% fresh rating on ]
**Gary, a troubled actor
** Gavin, a TV writer
** Gabriel, a Computer-Game designer
*] as:
**Margaret, Gary's PR handler / herself
**An actress in Gavin's TV show
**Mary, Gabriel's wife.
*] as:
**Sarah, Gary's Neighbor / Susan
**A TV executive for Gavin
**Sierra, a mysterious woman who tries to help Gabriel
*] as Noelle
*] as Parole Officer / Agitated Man
*] as Streetwalker}}


==Production==
== Philosophical Ideas ==
According to August, the film was inspired by his experiences on his TV series '']''. He developed the script further over the years, partially making it a quasi-sequel to his short film ''God'' (also featuring Melissa McCarthy).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3058676/tbt-a-look-back-at-melissa-mccarthys-first-acting-role|title=#TBT: A Look Back At Melissa McCarthy's First Acting Role|date=2016-04-07|work=Fast Company|access-date=2018-01-09|language=en-US}}</ref> The movie was shot over 22 days in ] and two days in ],<ref name="So I made a movie">{{Cite web| url = http://johnaugust.com/archives/2006/so-i-made-a-movie | title = So I made a movie | accessdate=2007-01-12 | work = John August| date = 24 June 2006 }}</ref> with some scenes in John August's house.<ref name="Movies look nothing like reality">{{Cite web| url = http://johnaugust.com/archives/2006/movies-look-nothing-like-reality | title = Movies look nothing like reality | accessdate=2007-01-12 | work = John August| date = 26 October 2006 }}</ref> The movie was shot in a combination of video and film with everything being posted in ].<ref name="So I made a movie"/>


==Soundtrack==
{{Unreferenced section|date=July 2009}}
* "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Performed by ]
* "Trucha" Performed by Ghostman MC
* "Alive Transmission" Performed by ]
* "Hang On Little Tomato" Performed by ]
* "Is That All There Is" Performed by ]
* "Paper Plane" Performed by ]
* "Teenage Villain" Written by ]
* "Bang Bang to the Rock 'N' Roll" Performed by ]
* "Comet Samba" Performed by Cabaret Diosa
* "Monokini Ou Bikini" Performed by Georges Deligny
* "Romantico Bosanova" Written by Philippe Bestion
* "As Long as He Needs Me" Performed by ]
* "Multiply" Performed by ]
* "Sugar Town" Performed by ]
* "Myopia" Performed by The Skeem
* "Tears Coming Home" Performed by ]
* "Chopin Nocturne 1, Opus 32" Performed by Danielle Luppi
* "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" Performed by ]
* "The Finish Line" Performed by ]


==Reception==
The movie explores several old philosophical and theological ideas, notably about multiple universes and ]'s idea that this world is the best of all possible worlds. By this, it is usually meant that, as an omnipotent being, God has chosen this "version" of all possible "versions" of the world. ] satirizes Leibniz in '']'', which Gary appears to be reading in the first part and is, in fact, asked by Sarah if he is reading it.


On ] the film has an approval rating of 65% based on 60 reviews, with an average critical rating of 5.93/10.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_nines/ |title= The Nines (2007) |work= ] |publisher= ] |accessdate= May 21, 2019 }}</ref> On ], the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 12 reviews: 6 positive, 3 mixed, and 3 negative.<ref>{{cite web |title= The Nines Reviews |url= http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-nines |work= ] |publisher= ] |accessdate=2014-07-07}}</ref>
It is clear that "G" is not equivalent to God, in the sense that Leibniz would have understood as "G" is told that he is a "nine" and God is a "ten". Thus, Gary is more akin to the god-like character ] in ''Star Trek'' and indeed in both shows we are aware that these characters have other beings of their own kind (for Gary it is Sierra's explanation that he has been "god-like" for four thousand years and that he must come home; whereas Q is part of the Continuum).


Dennis Harvey of ] wrote: "The Nines arcs from witty Hollywood insiderdom to a climactic metaphysical leap that may leave many viewers nonplussed. Nonetheless, there's more than enough intelligence, intrigue and performance dazzle to make this an adventuresome gizmo for grownups."<ref>{{cite web |author=Harvey |first=Dennis |date=24 January 2007 |title=The Nines |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/markets-festivals/the-nines-1200510926/ |website=Variety}}</ref>
As well, the film is clearly stating that this world was created in many previous versions, all of which perished at Gary's command. Therefore, the film could be interpreted as anti-evolutionary by virtue of its premise that Gary is a creator being of immense power. However, there is no suggestion that the world was created in the Biblical time-frame of the Old Testament and so the exact length of the intervals of "non-existence" of this world between versions is unclear. It could be interpreted that Gary's ninety versions over four thousand years are of uneven length, or even occurring simultaneously as multiple worlds. In the latter case Gary could (if he is god-like) know every possible world simulatenously and choose "this" version as well.


===Accolades===
The Film also explores the ] belief of ].
] nomination for Best DVD release.<ref name="saturn34">{{Cite web |title=The 34th Saturn Award Nominations |url=http://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032039/http://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2008-02-20 |publisher=The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films}}</ref>

==Rating==
] Rated R for language, some drug content and sexuality. ] Rated 15.

==Cast==
*''']''' as a niner named: "G" '''Gary''' a troubled actor/ '''Gavin''' a TV writer/ and '''Gabriel''' a Computer-Game designer
*''']''' as '''Margaret''', Gary's PR handler/ '''Melissa''' an actress in Gavin's TV show/ and '''Mary''', the wife of Gabriel.
*''']''' as niner presumably named "S" '''Sarah''', Gary's Neighbor/ '''Susan''' a TV executive for Gavin/ and '''Sierra''' a mysterious woman who tries to help Gabriel
*''']''' as '''Noelle'''
*''']''' as the Parole Officer/ and the Agitated Man/ an interventionist niner
*''']''' as a Streetwalker/ and the Pedestrian/ an interventionist niner
*''']''' as Himself
*''']''' as Herself
*''']''' as Himself
*'''Andy Fielder''' as the Moderator
*''']''' as the Delivery Boy

==Awards and nominations==
===]===
1 nomination<ref name=saturn34>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/nominations.html |title=The 34th Saturn Award Nominations |accessdate=2008-02-20 |publisher=The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films}}</ref>:
* Best DVD release


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.lookforthenines.com/}}
*{{imdb title|id=0810988}}
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* Official Website

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2007 film by John August This article is about the 2007 film. For other uses, see Nines (disambiguation) and 9 (disambiguation).
The Nines
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn August
Written byJohn August
Produced byDan Jinks
Bruce Cohen
Dan Etheridge
Starring
CinematographyNancy Schreiber
Edited byDouglas Crise
Music byAlex Wurman
Distributed byDestination Films
Newmarket Films
Release dates
  • August 31, 2007 (2007-08-31) (United States; limited)
Running time99 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$130,880

The Nines is a 2007 American science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by John August, starring Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, and Elle Fanning. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and made $63,165 in the U.S. box office through October 11, 2007.

Narrative structure

The film is broken into three chapters centered around three men (all played by Ryan Reynolds) who try to uncover the secret about strange happenings in their, at times overlapping, lives.

"Part One: The Prisoner"

Gary is a troubled actor who is wearing a green bracelet on his wrist, under house arrest living in another person's house because he burned down his own. The owner of the house is described as a TV writer away on work. While living in the house, he is befriended by both a P.R. "handler", Margaret, and the single mom next door, Sarah, who may or may not be interested in him romantically. Over the course of his house arrest, Gary becomes convinced that he is being haunted by the number nine, including finding a note in his own handwriting saying "Look for the nines". He encounters many occurrences of the number nine: while playing backgammon, he rolls nines; while reading newspaper advertisements, he becomes obsessed with finding nines. Asking Sarah about the number 9 worries her, and she cryptically tells him: "I can get you out of here". He sees different versions of himself around the house, which unsettles him, causing him to break out of his house arrest barrier which in turn destroys reality in a blinding flash.

"Part Two: Reality Television"

A television writer Gavin is trying to get his pilot produced. He leaves home to work on his TV show, Knowing, about a mother and daughter who are lost, which stars his friend Melissa McCarthy as the lead actress. In a conversation about reviews and critics Susan, a television executive and producer of the show, tells Gavin to look for the nines, which he then writes on a piece of paper, the same piece that Gary found in Part One. He also tells Melissa that he thinks he is haunted by himself. During the process of post-production, Susan pushes for Gavin to ditch his friend Melissa as the unconventional lead of his project in favor of a more attractive, well-known actress. This causes an argument between him and Melissa. He then finds out that the well-known actress was actually cast in another show, which Susan knew before suggesting her. Since the well-known actress is now unavailable, and Melissa won't answer Gavin's calls, he confronts Susan about her knowing that his show would never get picked up and about him only being a subject on a reality television show. After a heated exchange, he snaps and slaps her. Seemingly insulting his manhood for hitting a woman, she scoffs: "Do you feel like a man?" and walks away, which leads to him telling the reality TV cameraman to leave him alone. A pedestrian then asks him to whom he is talking, and it is shown that the reality television cameraman does not exist. He looks around and notices that everyone has a "7" floating above their heads and also that he has a "9" floating above his own.

A flashback shows Gary's P.R. handler, Margaret, telling him that he is God, a nine like the angels, and humans are sevens (koalas, incidentally, are eights because they control weather). He created the world and can destroy it with a single thought. He exists in many different forms and that none of them are real. Gary does not believe this and becomes distraught, which is revealed to be the real reason for his breaking his house arrest barrier.

"Part Three: Knowing"

Acclaimed video game designer Gabriel, whose car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, leaves his wife, Mary, and young daughter, Noelle, to try to get a better signal on his phone. He meets a woman, Sierra, who leads him off into the woods to her car, so she can give him a lift to the gas station. Meanwhile, back at the car Noelle watches a video on a digital camera showing Gavin talking to Melissa from Part Two and Margaret talking to Gary in Part One. She is confused and shows her mom, who appears confused as well.

Meanwhile, Gabriel becomes ill because Sierra has drugged his water with GHB. In all of the stories, as Sarah, Sierra and Susan, she has been trying to separate him from Mary/Melissa/Margaret and make him realize that none of these lives are real. She says that this is an intervention, and she and the other recurring characters have been trying to help him remember that he is not human, but God, who has absorbed himself in various human incarnations for 4000 years. She likens Gabriel's addiction to video game addiction. He is needed back home, a place that cannot be imagined with human thoughts or described in human words.

Gabriel returns to the car and the family goes home. Mary deduces that Gabriel has remembered his reality and needs to leave. Gabriel tells her that there were ninety different variations of the universe, and this is the last one. Gabriel removes the green string from his wrist and the universe morphs into something else. The film ends with Melissa McCarthy's character married to Ben, to whom she had been married in Part Two, with Noelle as their daughter. Noelle tells her mother that "He's not coming back" and that "He put all the pieces together", and her mother finishes her sentence that this is "the best of all possible worlds."

Cast

  • Ryan Reynolds as:
    • Gary, a troubled actor
    • Gavin, a TV writer
    • Gabriel, a Computer-Game designer
  • Melissa McCarthy as:
    • Margaret, Gary's PR handler / herself
    • An actress in Gavin's TV show
    • Mary, Gabriel's wife.
  • Hope Davis as:
    • Sarah, Gary's Neighbor / Susan
    • A TV executive for Gavin
    • Sierra, a mysterious woman who tries to help Gabriel
  • Elle Fanning as Noelle
  • David Denman as Parole Officer / Agitated Man
  • Octavia Spencer as Streetwalker

Production

According to August, the film was inspired by his experiences on his TV series D.C.. He developed the script further over the years, partially making it a quasi-sequel to his short film God (also featuring Melissa McCarthy). The movie was shot over 22 days in Los Angeles and two days in New York, with some scenes in John August's house. The movie was shot in a combination of video and film with everything being posted in high-definition.

Soundtrack

  • "You Keep Me Hangin' On" Performed by The Ferris Wheel
  • "Trucha" Performed by Ghostman MC
  • "Alive Transmission" Performed by The Shys
  • "Hang On Little Tomato" Performed by Pink Martini
  • "Is That All There Is" Performed by Hope Davis
  • "Paper Plane" Performed by Persephone's Bees
  • "Teenage Villain" Written by Keith Mansfield
  • "Bang Bang to the Rock 'N' Roll" Performed by Gabin
  • "Comet Samba" Performed by Cabaret Diosa
  • "Monokini Ou Bikini" Performed by Georges Deligny
  • "Romantico Bosanova" Written by Philippe Bestion
  • "As Long as He Needs Me" Performed by Melissa McCarthy
  • "Multiply" Performed by Jamie Lidell
  • "Sugar Town" Performed by Juliet Turner
  • "Myopia" Performed by The Skeem
  • "Tears Coming Home" Performed by Sébastien Schuller
  • "Chopin Nocturne 1, Opus 32" Performed by Danielle Luppi
  • "The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack" Performed by Liars
  • "The Finish Line" Performed by Snow Patrol

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 65% based on 60 reviews, with an average critical rating of 5.93/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews", based on 12 reviews: 6 positive, 3 mixed, and 3 negative.

Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote: "The Nines arcs from witty Hollywood insiderdom to a climactic metaphysical leap that may leave many viewers nonplussed. Nonetheless, there's more than enough intelligence, intrigue and performance dazzle to make this an adventuresome gizmo for grownups."

Accolades

34th Saturn Awards nomination for Best DVD release.

References

  1. ^ "The Nines (2007) -". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "#TBT: A Look Back At Melissa McCarthy's First Acting Role". Fast Company. 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2018-01-09.
  3. ^ "So I made a movie". John August. 24 June 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  4. "Movies look nothing like reality". John August. 26 October 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-12.
  5. "The Nines (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. "The Nines Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
  7. Harvey, Dennis (24 January 2007). "The Nines". Variety.
  8. "The 34th Saturn Award Nominations". The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror Films. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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