The Zero Theorem raises some interesting questions and explores them in a way that’s fascinating, tough to watch at times and also emotional.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 19, 2024

Gilliam and Rushin argue that the universe is a cold and empty place, waiting to be filled with our own sense of purpose.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 29, 2022

Simply put, though, there's just nothing in The Zero Theorem that hasn't been done better before.

| Aug 10, 2021

"The Zero Theorem" goes very few places to cover and speak to very few things out of all of its manic effort.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Apr 12, 2021

Terry Gilliam descends into near self-parody with this mess of a would-be philosophical mind-frak...

| Oct 12, 2020

Because The Zero Theorem so closely resembles Gilliam's prior films ... it's hard to see it as a singular piece without acknowledging that he's already done this before, and done it better.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 17, 2020

THE ZERO THEOREM is far from adding up to nothing. But the underlying message feels both contemporary and passé, and for a Gilliam film it feels oddly prosaic.

| Feb 13, 2020

The future as a neon infused Grey Gardens styled dilapidation comprises the feel of The Zero Theorem, a film that hopefully anticipates the hope of an even greater return for Terry Gilliam.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 5, 2019

One for something and all for nothing.

| Aug 19, 2019

Amidst the jam-packed set design and nonstop blather about black holes and "the neural net" lies a lot of half-formed existential riddles. Unfortunately, it's all a sleight-of-hand prelude for Gilliam to devolve into incoherent chaos in the home stretch.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 19, 2019

Reaches for the depths of 2001 but has all the grace of Battlefield Earth.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jul 5, 2019

Its ideas are fascinating and the cast have a great chemistry, but the script is not sharp enough to match Twelve Monkeys or Brazil.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 17, 2019

With the resolute importance of Brazil's world eclipsing his vision, Gilliam has again failed to escape from his own allegorical fantasies. Don't call it a comeback.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 8, 2019

This film struggles tonally to find equilibrium between broad satire and intimate revelation.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2018

Clever and playful and dark, it skips from notion to visual gag and back again so quickly that not all of its thoughts have a chance to gel.

| Aug 28, 2018

It's a satire that's not sharp enough, an allegory that's not powerful enough, and it's all wrapped up in a garish dystopian bundle with nothing to say that hasn't been said before.

| Original Score: D | Aug 22, 2018

Christoph Waltz gives an immersive performance.

| Aug 21, 2018

It's a compelling vision, but the movie never quite lives up to its own designs.

| May 25, 2018

When The Zero Theorem wants to have fun, it succeeds, but when it tries to drop knowledge, it fails.

| Aug 21, 2017

For a film about connections, Gilliam makes it too hard for his audience to connect.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 16, 2017