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Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 5
Rotten:7
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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
Despite the heroic efforts to save the troubled production due to Heath Ledger's death, Gilliam's film is a misfire, a summation work that contains many of his favorite themes but suffers from problems that plague most of his movies.
A 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.
Top CriticIt's a hyper-active, endlessly mutating cavalcade of colour, noise and surrealistic eccentricity.
Ledger's performance provides an adequate swansong for loyal fans on pilgrimages to the multiplexes this autumn. But many will exit scratching their heads.
There's no doubt that the imaginary world [Gilliam has] created is awe-inspiring, but it's ultimately designed for an art house audience.
With clumsy dialogue, poor plotting and some downright terrible performances, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a huge disappointment for any fan of Terry Gilliam's work.
Marred by shoddy special effects and half-formed fantastical conceits, Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” has the feeling of a comic fantasia desperately seeking to find its rhythm.
To anyone not sympathetic to Gilliam’s flights of fantasy, Parnassus will reek of rambling self-indulgence but fans will welcome it as a return to what he does best.
The helmer has made a pretty good thing out of a very bad situation in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus".
Top CriticFor the most part Gilliam has toned down the aggressive darkness of his last film, Tideland, pitching at the broader audience he reached for with Baron Munchausen and Brothers Grimm.
The film's convoluted curlicues are tiring, insisting too loudly on how "imaginative" everything is. And when it descends into the real world the film can frankly be a bit ho-hum, with some very broad acting from the bit-part crowd players.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a film with a huge heart and a dazzling eye, but it does little for the very thing it is trying to celebrate: the imagination.
May 25, 2009:
See Three New Doctor Parnassus Clips
Heath Ledger's final performance -- until he's CGI'd Arnie-style into a Batman sequel, anyway -- in Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has finally premiered at... More...
May 23, 2009:
Cannes 2009: The Tomato Report - Gilliam Fails to Impress with Parnassus
Critics in Cannes were amongst the first, yesterday, to see Heath Ledger's final performance in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, the fantasy flick that was long-delayed due... More...
May 22, 2009:
New Parnassus Pics Posted 
A new batch of stills from Terry Gilliam's "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" has been posted, featuring glimpses of Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, and Verne... More...
May 15, 2009:
Cannes 2009: Don Quixote Rides Again
Terry Gilliam's seemingly cursed adaptation of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is set to be revived, nearly 10 years after his first crack at the material was abandoned.
The... More...
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