Their lives collide in a convergence of fate, guilt, and desperate need for redemption. Critical Reception WRITERS ON WRITING: How I Wrote '21 Grams'
A math professor with a failing heart who receives a transplant.
While scientifically discredited, screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga used this concept to symbolize the weight of human life and the heavy, lingering emotional load carried by those who survive a loved one's death.
The title refers to a 1907 experiment conducted by Dr. Duncan MacDougall, who attempted to measure the weight of the soul by weighing patients at the moment of death. He claimed one subject lost three-quarters of an ounce, or 21.3 grams.
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