Review of The Fountain (1934) by Sean Mcbride for Sean the Movie Guy — 17 Dec 2006

Beautiful but overreaching piece of cinematic poetry.

This review of The Fountain (1934) was written by Sean Mcbride and published by Sean the Movie Guy on 17 Dec 2006.

The Fountain has generally received positive reviews.

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Per la prima volta in vita mia ho dovuto riguardare due volte lo stesso film in una sola giornata…

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By Daniel Carlson (36) for Pajiba (523) on 05 Nov 2018

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By Dan S (1,466) on 08 Aug 2017

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By Nicolas W (100) on 21 Oct 2018

The tone can be very confusing since The Fountain tries to be serious for the most part and have all these ambitious messages, but then it…

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By Andrew K (2,033) on 18 Jan 2018

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By Magnus S (724) on 18 Nov 2018

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