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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:6
Rotten:6
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release:Dec 25, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: In THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, director Terry Gilliam continues the trippy tradition he began with inventive films such as TIME BANDITS and BRAZIL. This time, he reteams with Heath Ledger... [More]
Starring: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield
Director: Terry Gilliam
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Reviews for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
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Top CriticParnassus continues Gilliam's decade-old habit of sabotaging his work by piling on wild images without regard to character development or storytelling.
12/24/09
Top CriticNot up to the very best work of either Gilliam or Ledger, but it's a surprisingly satisfying coda to the latter's all-too-brief career.
12/24/09
Top CriticThough rambling and at times self-indulgent, its wit and pageantry, boosted by Heath Ledger's final performance, render it irresistible.
12/23/09
Top CriticIt meanders and jaywalks according to its own confused rhythms, and the suggestion is that if we don't get it -- or if we get bored -- we're just not clued in to Gilliam's genius.
12/23/09
Top CriticAs is so often the case since his Monty Python days, Gilliam is best at visual games and weakest at storytelling.
12/23/09
Top CriticGilliam and McKeown's willful refusal of coherent narrative and determination to pack every idea about art they ever had into one scenario, make this fiendishly gorgeous movie more exhausting than exhilarating to watch.
12/23/09
Top CriticThe resulting film is an outlandish juggling act. It teeters, creaks and breaks at the seams, but somehow holds together better than you would expect and better than such an extravagant farce should.
12/22/09
Top CriticIf I was a teacher and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus was a student's paper, I would give it an "incomplete."
12/22/09
Top CriticDespite a shaky framework, the magic works. It's a chance to see Ledger one last time in the act of doing what he loved. Take it.
12/22/09
Top Critic[Gilliam] can follow any train of thought, so he does, and it’s no surprise when the trains run out of steam.
12/14/09
Top CriticA carnival show with a mirror to the imagination allows Gilliam to employ his remarkable gift for imagery, but the worlds he creates will not take the breath away of children or grown-ups.
06/01/09
Top CriticThe helmer has made a pretty good thing out of a very bad situation in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".
05/22/09
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