With: Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Tom Waits, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer
Plot: Dr Parnussas (Plummer) is an immortal showman with a mirror transporting people into a world of their imagination. He must win a bet with the devil (Waits) to save his daughter (Cole).
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Very confusing, and its non-stop invention is sort of frustrating to watch even if it should be given credit, like listening to Quentin Tarrantino talk (if he were a hardcore Terry Pratchet fan anyway). I've never been a Gilliam fan, and here he indulges in his favourite (my least favourite) cinematic theme: the power of imagination. Nothing wrong with that in theory, and this adds an interesting life or death (or worse, endless life) consequence to where people's imagination take them, but as with other films that take on this idea, the execution is meandering and self-satisfied. The garish visuals are half impressive, half very cheap and most of the performances are cringingly over-mannered. If you like stuff like Baron Munchausen and Brazil, this film sees Gilliam in his familiar element, for me it's more reminders why I don't really like his films.
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