Has some inspired moments but does not exorcise the curse of forcefully finishing something that should have stayed invisible. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 15, 2022

Made with autobiographical flourishes, the film acknowledges through wild visual and narrative symbolism the monumentality of Gilliam's filmmaking travails, how he has been all but crushed by those in power.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 20, 2022

But it is difficult to be awed by Gilliam's imagination when it is so consistently unyoked to story and seems more about the director's own creative satisfaction than bequeathing his audience some reward for their time.

| Jan 23, 2020

A cinematic stage that can only be described as a pantheon of visual delights, let your imagination run wild and enter The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

| Nov 8, 2019

The contrast between the stark, bleak cities and the amazingly colorful, crazy acid-trip fantasy sequences was a visual treat. It definitely LOOKS fantastic. The problem is in the substance.

| Mar 9, 2019

Yet while I wish I could say that Parnassus' Imaginarium would be the twist where Gilliam's whimsy goes mainstream, this film will most likely remain a visual wonderland for Gilliam enthusiasts.

| Apr 10, 2018

Terry Gilliam... dives back into his diabolical imagination for this carny sideshow of a Faust tale in the blurry boundary between the material world and the dream world.

| Mar 2, 2018

The film is flawed, but you don't expect narrative drive or coherence; you go for the director's flights of fantasy. Possessed of an imagination that throws off more sparks than a fizzing, spinning Catherine Wheel, Gilliam is a fabulous fabulist.

| Aug 2, 2012

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 18, 2011

One of the greatest motion pictures ever. From its astounding themes to its brilliant cast, stunning design to enchanting score, undeniable smarts to lasting significance, this is Cinéma! Buy this movie. View this movie. Marry this movie. I have spoken.

Full Review | Jul 25, 2011

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is one of those movies that, despite spectacular elements, doesn't add up to a spectacular film.

| Original Score: C+ | May 6, 2011

A return to form for director Terry Gilliam?

| Apr 7, 2011

I don't think it's such a big heresy to say that Terry Gilliam is both a genius and an annoyingly full-of-it director who's coasting on the goodwill he earned with Brazil.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 4, 2011

It's like snorting a line of pure Gilliam.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 11, 2011

a confusing mess. ... a promising set-up assembled with bits and pieces of Gilliam's brilliance, but he clearly did not wake up in the middle of the night with a brilliant vision

| Jan 31, 2011

The fantastical, messy, noisy, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink result might be a tad crazy-making for some, but fans of Brazil, Time Bandits, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen can step right up.

| Jul 7, 2010

Overplotted and the film ends up as a head-scratcher -- we're supposed to sympathize with Parnassus, but the case just isn't strongly made.

| Original Score: 5/10 | May 12, 2010

Longo e com uma estrutura frouxa resultante das várias alterações, ainda peca pela resolução artificial que poderia perfeitamente ser descrita como um decepcionante diabo ex machina. Ledger merecia uma despedida melhor.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2010

...Ledger's death casts a blue shadow over the entire proceedings, as Gilliam hasn't the heart to turn this parade of images into something like a meditation on the cost of achieving one's wildest fantasies.

| Original Score: 82/100 | May 1, 2010

A trippy, uneven ride whose best assets are its imagination, Heath Ledger's final performance, and the three surprise stars who act as his replacements.

| Original Score: B- | Mar 31, 2010