The visuals inspired by director Terry Gilliam's wild imagination, and fine acting all around, make "THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS" a fantasy film worth seeing. The major weakness is a plot that doesn't scan or conjure up any emotion. Still,...
- 17.May.2010
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- by: Vic
- Vic rated this movie6/10Okay
The visuals inspired by director Terry Gilliam's wild imagination, and fine acting all around, make "THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS" a fantasy film worth seeing. The major weakness is a plot that doesn't scan or conjure up any emotion. Still, Heath Ledger gives his all in this, his last performance, and the other actors seem to be having quite a romp. Don't try to make any sense of it.
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A man and the devil plays a millenia long chess game, with the man's daughter as the prize, in Terry Gilliam's take on the Faust legend, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. In fact the good Doctor (Christopher Plummer) is actually one who has a bad...
- 04.May.2010
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- by: 1MovieADay
- 1MovieADay rated this movie
 8/10Great
A man and the devil plays a millenia long chess game, with the man's daughter as the prize, in Terry Gilliam's take on the Faust legend, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. In fact the good Doctor (Christopher Plummer) is actually one who has a bad habit and keeps making bets with the Devil, also known as Nick (Tom Waits). After becoming immortal, thanks to Nick, Parnassus wants to become mortal again in order to be able to love. Nick gladly obliges, in exchange for Parnassus freely giving over his offspring on the sixteenth birthday. Today, the doctor's daughter, Valentina (Lily Cole) is rapidly approaching her sixteenth birthday, when she and her father's troupe find Tony (Heath Ledger) on the business end of a rope, and save him. Upon seeing this, Nick makes a new bet with Parnassus: The first one who collects five souls gets to keep Valentina. Tony finds out about this contest and agrees to help Valentina, but will his actions truly save her, or doom her? For this Gilliam film, the first time in which he directed from his own original script since Baron Munchhausen, it's a return to his old style of filmmaking, which I welcomed with open arms. The second Imaginarium sequence with Tony, played by Jude Law (in order to finish filming the movie, each of the Imaginarium Tony's were played by different actors who wasted no time in saying yes to help and honor their departed friend.) is the most Python-esque of all the Imaginarium sequences. Johnny Depp plays Imaginarium Tony number 1, and Colin Ferrell plays Imaginarium Tony number 3. The three actors playing a different visual version of Tony may have been considered a gimmick move in a lesser film, but in the context of this film, it just feels natural. And Lily Cole may be an acting force to be reckoned with in the future, if her great performance in this film is any indication. Any-hoo, Parnassus if a welcome return to Gilliam greatness, and I rate this film four stars, and happy viewings!!
- 04.May.2010
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- by: 1MovieADay
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very strange...
This might be Terry Gilliam's strangest work to date.
the design and style are beautiful to look at, and so are the actors (some of the most good-looking actors seen on one screen: Heath Ledger, and replacing him after his premature death are...
- 06.April.2010
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- by: may.graff
- may.graff rated this movie7/10Good
very strange...
This might be Terry Gilliam's strangest work to date.
the design and style are beautiful to look at, and so are the actors (some of the most good-looking actors seen on one screen: Heath Ledger, and replacing him after his premature death are Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell, but the story is incoherent, and not entirely clear.
I would recommend it to those who love unique designs, but not to anyone who seeks a reasonable story.
- 06.April.2010
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- by: may.graff
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Not 2009's The Fall
Great idea, great actors and a good director but still a disappointing movie. I really thought that The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus might be 2009's The Fall but I was proven wrong.
- 05.April.2010
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- by: inthenameofmine
- inthenameofmine rated this movie4/10Disappointing
Not 2009's The Fall
Great idea, great actors and a good director but still a disappointing movie. I really thought that The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus might be 2009's The Fall but I was proven wrong.
- 05.April.2010
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- by: inthenameofmine
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Parnassus
mitologiczny domu poezji i muzyki totalnie mnie zachwycił. Nie oczekuję, że zachwyci każdego...
- 11.February.2010
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- by: masloprojekt
- masloprojekt rated this movie8/10Great
Parnassus
mitologiczny domu poezji i muzyki totalnie mnie zachwycił. Nie oczekuję, że zachwyci każdego...
- 11.February.2010
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- by: masloprojekt
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Honestly, this movie probably only deserves 3 stars. As is often the case with Gilliam, his vision exceeds the budget, and the ideas overflow the boundaries of the script. The CGI on the other side of the mirror, in particular, betrays the low...
- 13.January.2010
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- by: Chucky
- Chucky rated this movie0/10
Honestly, this movie probably only deserves 3 stars. As is often the case with Gilliam, his vision exceeds the budget, and the ideas overflow the boundaries of the script. The CGI on the other side of the mirror, in particular, betrays the low budget. But the performances are strong, and Tom Waits is worth the 4th star all by himself.
- 13.January.2010
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- by: Chucky
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