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The plot's a bit of a jumble, but excellent performances and mind-blowing plot twists make 12 Monkeys a kooky, effective experience.
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This dystopian time-travelling sci-fi is a reminder that the director can make films that are visually inventive, intellectually engaging and downright exciting. October 12, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This dystopian time-travelling sci-fi is a reminder that the director can make films that are visually inventive, intellectually engaging and downright exciting.
Ed Potton
While all of Gilliam's movies are worth seeing, there's a fair amount of his designer grimness here mixed in with the cabaret comedy. May 27, 2011 | Full Review…
While all of Gilliam's movies are worth seeing, there's a fair amount of his designer grimness here mixed in with the cabaret comedy.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King. March 26, 2009 | Full Review…
Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King.
Variety Staff
Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing.
Geoff Andrew
Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre. August 12, 2005 | Rating: B-
Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre.
Emanuel Levy
There's always overripe method to his madness, but in the new 12 Monkeys Mr. Gilliam's methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong. May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
There's always overripe method to his madness, but in the new 12 Monkeys Mr. Gilliam's methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong.
Janet Maslin
I didn't care largely because of the lack of authenticity that Willis brings to the character of James Cole. September 24, 2020 | Rating: 2.0/4.0 | Full Review…
I didn't care largely because of the lack of authenticity that Willis brings to the character of James Cole.
Richard Propes
A fascinating journey, topped off with an unforgettable conclusion, made even more compelling with repeated viewings. September 9, 2020 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
A fascinating journey, topped off with an unforgettable conclusion, made even more compelling with repeated viewings.
Mike Massie
Prevention, not time travel, is the key to halting a viral contagion. May 13, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Prevention, not time travel, is the key to halting a viral contagion.
Sezín Koehler
Gilliam seems to stick pretty intently to the script, but his visual genius comes through repeatedly. He is also perhaps one of the best filmmakers at creating dreamscapes which threaten to crack apart, become sentient, and then turn murderous. October 30, 2019 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…
Gilliam seems to stick pretty intently to the script, but his visual genius comes through repeatedly. He is also perhaps one of the best filmmakers at creating dreamscapes which threaten to crack apart, become sentient, and then turn murderous.
Gabriel Ricard
if there is something that stands out above everything else is the hypnotic production design that Gilliam and his team creates for the future in which the action starts. [Full Review in Spanish] August 24, 2019 | Full Review…
if there is something that stands out above everything else is the hypnotic production design that Gilliam and his team creates for the future in which the action starts. [Full Review in Spanish]
Sergio Benítez
A decades-spanning science-fiction tale about time travel, the illusion of free will, and a romance at the end of the world. March 6, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A decades-spanning science-fiction tale about time travel, the illusion of free will, and a romance at the end of the world.
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