It's a tenderly optimistic yet unsentimental tall tale, a Hollywood film in the best sense of the term.

| Dec 7, 2022

The search for the Holy Grail reaches peak insanity in this wild, redemptive ride through two men's interconnected lives.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 15, 2017

Gilliam exaggerates the romanticism, the grotesquerie, and the personal pain that runs through LaGravenese's story, creating a reality where the more preposterous turns make sense.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 22, 2015

| Original Score: C | Sep 7, 2011

Visually impressive, frequently pretentious, and extremely fluid as narrative (the 137 minutes sail by effortlessly), this mythic comedy-drama presents Gilliam as half seer, half snake-oil salesman and defies you to sort out which is which.

| Jan 29, 2010

Although there are moments when the mixture of comedy, fantasy and drama don't come off, this is still an original, touching movie that is well worth the price of a ticket.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 29, 2010

The Fisher King has two actors at the top of their form, and a compelling, well-directed and well-produced story.

| Mar 26, 2009

Working within the constraints of a big studio film has brought out Gilliam's best: he's become a true storyteller and a wonderful director of actors. This time he delights not only the eye but the soul.

| Apr 7, 2008

Scary, touching, often hilarious, this modern fairytale is surprisingly enchanting.

| Jan 26, 2006

For every wild ride through Manhattan by an imaginary Red Knight trailing billows of flame, there is a small, comic encounter in a more down-to-earth mode.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 20, 2003

So what if it's not perfect? It's magic.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 12, 2001

The Fisher King takes you on a ride that's most enjoyable; just be warned that it's a journey with no ostensible compass.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

The Fisher King is a disorganized, rambling and eccentric movie that contains some moments of truth, some moments of humor, and many moments of digression.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

A modern epic that fuses myth with hard-edged reality, it's a one-of-a-kind, thoroughly engaging experience.

| Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: C | Sep 20, 1991