An visual feast with a soundtrack that compells me to watch through the end credits. I first saw this imaginative movie in theaters as a child and it has been my hands down favourite movie ever since, despite me having a more science fiction bend to my preferences. The Baron's refusal to not do what is right just because it is not practical propels him and his new friend on an adventure that will take him through the world, and off of it. His eagerness to embrace the extraordinary powers this brilliant story, and I look forward to my niece and then my nephew being old enough to enjoy it with me.

Any time that I get to spend witnessing what comes out of the mind of Terry Gilliam is time well spent! This may not be as technically and emotionally mature as his masterpiece “The Fisher King”, but “Baron” has more awe, imagination, kindness and humor than almost any film claiming to be fantasy or escapism today.

Wonderful movie! Examines the themes of aging, mortality, the power of belief and imagination and how having a purpose invigorates one's life. Fun, funny, but dark in the right places.

Terry Gilliam is one of those incredibly distinctive directors that does things his way every time. And sometimes, in certain genres, it works, and sometimes, it feels awkward. But this is about as perfectly as it can work.

I loved this movie as a child and even more so as an adult. The acting, directing, and sets are all over the top great.

I was really pleasantly surprised by how fun and wacky this movie is! It’s got sort of an improv-esque, “yes, and” plot that makes no sense at all but somehow all comes together perfectly. It’s a bit of Monty Python and a LOT of Terry Gilliam. It’s kid-friendly but also has some hilarious, raunchy adult humor. The sets are beautiful and creative, the cast is bursting with talent (Robin Williams as the King of the Moon! What!!), and the dialogue is just fucking funny. That being said, I’m so glad I was familiar with Terry Gilliam’s work so I knew what to expect, because man, this movie is WEIRD.

An underrated fantasy classic! I will definitely show it to my kids!

A Classic! Very fun for all ages (I used to watch is as a kid/teenager) and I have fun all the times I watch it again now.

A Classic Adventure Fantasy. Like other Gilliam films this is really well made all around. The only issue like those as well is sometimes it can go a bit too off the rails for moments which holds it back slightly on a sharp storytelling level for creative fun which can be a bit much at times. If you've seen a Gilliam flick than you know what your in for. It's a lot of fun. Anyone who is a fan of really quirky films, Gilliam, fantasy adventures, or any actors in this will like this.

One of my favorite movies of all time. Every Time I watch it I feel i am a kid again full of stars in my eyes. In this mad world it's a luxury.

Anyone who cannot appreciate the fantastic imagination of this movie, or derides it for any production or aesthetic shortcomings is a self absorbed ninny. This picture overflows with funny skits.

A truly wonderful magical experience! One of Terry Gilliam's best films!

A classic in the mould of time bandits, absurd, brilliant, funny and lavish, watched it numerous times and never get bored.

This film is so delightfully surreal, i have to re-visit it from time to time. And each time i find something different in it. The entire thing is like some strange dream from a far away place. Not overly reliant on CGI effects but more the detail of a painting. It's not Gilliam's best work and far from being a masterpiece.....but should be experience regardless.

I am stealing a brilliant quote from a previous reviewer who encapsculates this movies exactly - ".....sapped my will to live....".

Beautiful film, good make-up & acting. It passed the time nicely but I can't give it more than 3 stars.

Surreal and totally Gilliam, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is charming and filled with imaginative imagery that is a wonder to watch. John Neville is captivating in the lead role and all of the characters are filled with their own characteristics and displayed in much depth. The film is pure fantasy and one that children and adults who still have an inner child will get lost in too. Recommended.

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is one of the most rewatchable and insane romps you'll ever have in cinema.

This is a really fun fantasy film with great performances and comedy.

Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen, or Baron Munchausen, began his life as a series of urban legends and tall tales that were collected by author Rudolf Erich Raspe in 1785 as The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (or Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia). Since then, these stories were further exaggerated and finally made into a series of movies, including the Georges Méliès-directed Baron Munchausen's Dream, Münchhausen, The Fabulous Baron Munchausen and The Very Same Munchhausen. The third entry in Terry Gilliam's "Trilogy of Imagination", preceded by Time Bandits and Brazil, this is a film that was made during a battle between Columbia CEO Dawn Steel and Gilliam. As the film's budget blew up, so did the war. Gilliam blamed the whole thing on the simple fact that the new regime didn't want anything to do with the old regime's films. Except they released the movie to just 117 theaters, which is literally nothing. He would later say, "The joke is, if you look back, we got the best reviews and we were doing the best business in the opening weeks of any film they had released since Last Emperor. We actually opened well in the big cities — we opened really well. A friend who had bought the video rights said he had never seen anything so weird — Columbia was spending their whole time looking at exit polls to prove the film would not work in the suburbs, and so it would be pointless to make any more prints. He said, "I've never seen anything like this." There it was. Then it becomes this kind of legend–which it deserves to be… even if it's the wrong legend." Yet what emerges on the screen — the legend of Baron Munchausen (John Neville) — does not seem impacted at all by the trauma of making the movie. Even the movie itself goes against the structure of storytelling, with the real Baron interrupting the play that starts the movie and taking the viewer on a journey through his life. Whether the story he's telling is true or polished to be even better than the truth is up to you. Yet the Angel of Death — which looks directly out of Cemetery Man which makes complete sense when you see Michele Soavi's name in the credits as second unit director — is true and it's been hunting the Baron, who is saved by young Sarah Salt (Sarah Polley) and together they escape in a hot air balloon to find the Baron's old friends, the super-fast Berthold (Eric Idle), master rifleman Adolphus (Charles McKeown), Gustavus (Jack Purvis) who has remarkable hearing and breathing abilities and the strongest man in the world, Albrecht (Winston Dennis). I'm struck by the fact that the Baron is actually an idea — a man who may or may not exist yet one who rallies for ideas and creativity — and ideas can't die, as even when the Angel of Death finally claims him, he's just telling a story and says that this was "only one of the many occasions on which I met my death." With cameos by Oliver Reed as Vulcan, Uma Thurman as Venus, Robin Williams as the king of the moon, Sting as a soldier sacrificed because bravery is demoralizing to other soldiers and citizens, and so many more events, this is a movie made by an imaginative artist seeking to give you that same joy and ability.