Continuity mistake: When Paul is introduced at the hospital, in one shot he thinks, "What am I doing in this precorpse club?" and turns his head to his left. In the next shot, he is turned to the right, and the shot after shows him turning from his left to his right. (00:04:45)
21 grams (2003)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alejandro G. Inarritu
Starring: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Benicio Del Toro, Danny Huston, Carly Nahon
Paul and Christina track down Jack. Paul takes Jack behind the motel they are staying at and tries to kill him but can't. He tells Jack to leave and never return. Dying, Paul returns to the motel room where Christina is sleeping and tells her he killed Jack. They sleep until Jack shows up and demands Paul kill him. When Paul does not, Jack attempts to take the gun so he can do it himself. Paul loses his balance and falls as Christina begins to beat Jack with a lamp. Paul, realizing he doesn't have much time left, shoots himself in the chest. Jack and Christina drive him to the hospital, but Paul dies. Jack is reunited with his family, and Christina is pregnant and alone once more.Submitted by Evan Raufbold
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Paul Rivers: They say we all lose 21 grams... who will be next?
Trivia: The experiment that showed that humans lose 21 grams at the moment of death were later shown to be highly flawed. The entire experiment was based on only four people. Only the first subject actually lost 21 grams. Another person lost a different weight, and the other two died before they could be properly weighed.
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Answer: The title refers to an experiment in 1907 which attempted to show scientific proof of the existence of the soul by recording a loss of body weight (said to represent the departure of the soul) immediately following death. Referred to as the 21 grams experiment as one subject lost "three-fourths of an ounce" (21.3 grams), the experiment is regarded by the scientific community as flawed and unreliable, though it has been credited with popularizing the concept that the soul weighs 21 grams. (Wikipedia).