Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 23 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
When it's all done we're left with another recent Gilliam trademark: the highly imaginative mess.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
It teases with magnificently tantalizing moments that don't quite add up to one grand insight. Which, come to think of it, is an epiphany of its own peculiar sort.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
Parnassus is fun to watch a good deal of the time, and Gilliam is almost always visually surprising, but Ledger could have used a more momentous send-off.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
8 Jan 2010
fresh:
Terry Gilliam, the veteran film director who cut his teeth as the animation wizard of television's legendary Monty Python's Flying Circus, has flirted with genius throughout his career, and bedded her from time to time. In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnas
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
15 Jan 2010
rotten:
The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is one of those movies that, despite spectacular elements, doesn't add up to a spectacular film.