Review of The Fountain (2006) by Nik M — 07 Sep 2012

Very rarely do films cease to be mere cinema and enter the realm of art. This is what The Fountain achieves as a beautiful statement on love, and the meaning of life and death. With a script more akin to poetry and one of the greatest original scores in recent memory, The Fountain has proven to give different meaning every time I have watched it again- looking for new answers and perspectives.

Weisz and Jackman also give startlingly good performances and seal their place in my mind as phenomenal actors as this is surely their greatest work. There are so many contrasting messages that can be received from this film, which is why I have compared the writing to poetry; much like poetry it can often be discarded or tossed aside as inferior or pretentious.

This is much what has happened to the fountain, I however will admit I did not enjoy this film the first time I saw it; it was not until years later that I decided to give it another try that I was blown away by it's absolute beauty.

The Fountain is not for everyone, yet it is personally I find it to be one of the greatest films of modern times, and perhaps one of the greatest pieces in all of cinema history.