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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery - 2009
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A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1975)
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Twelve Monkeys
(1995)
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Brazil
(1985)
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and i...
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(1998)
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The Meaning of Life
(1983)
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Details

Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
1 Oct 2009
Country:
CA, FR, GB
Languages:
English, Russian, French
Budget:
$30,000,000
Revenue:
$64,352,607
Awards:
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.
– Christine Champ,
Film.com,
6 May 2011
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