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By Jason Di Rosso (253) for MovieTime, ABC Radio National (314) on 29 Oct 2009

The melding together of the streamlined urbanscapes of modern London with the old-time production design of the Parnassus carriage, not to…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 29 Oct 2009

The film is classic Gilliam, the imaginative brilliance tempered by moments of incoherence and a strange lassitude…

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By Jake Wilson (570) for The Age (Australia) (918) on 28 Oct 2009

Doctor Parnassus is sometimes exhilarating, sometimes merely deranged -- but since excess and fragmentation are Gilliam's trademarks, his virtues…

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By Des Partridge (52) for Courier Mail (Australia) (71) on 28 Oct 2009

A visual feast is served up in former Monty Python cast member Terry Gilliam's fantasy -- credited to Heath Ledger and friends -- that should…

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By Tom Huddleston (600) for Time Out Sydney (74) on 28 Oct 2009

It's unlikely Gilliam's own, undeniably brilliant career will be revitalised by this rambling, undisciplined and indulgent piece of work…

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By Vicky Roach (269) for Daily Telegraph (Australia) (376) on 28 Oct 2009

For a film that lost one of its key players, Heath Ledger, mid-way through production, The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus is remarkably cohesive…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 28 Oct 2009

The film continually shifts in and out of coherency, much a like a radio trying to fix on a station broadcasting from far, far away…

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By Erin Free (200) for FILMINK (Australia) (1,405) on 27 Oct 2009

A hard to fathom storyline and obvious CGI effects detract from an otherwise big-hearted final film for Heath Ledger…

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By Gavin Bond (15) for Sunday Times (Australia) (102) on 27 Oct 2009

Those willing to ignore these indulgences are guaranteed to be swept away by the sublime visuals, energetic performances and Gilliam's own…

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By Colin Newton (18) for Sunday Mail (Australia) (35) on 24 Oct 2009

The script could have done with a little more work and the story loses its way more than once, but the weird and wonderful world Gilliam and…

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By Anders Wotzke (182) for Moviedex (362) on 21 Oct 2009

Like a travelling sideshow, Imaginarium drifts from one weird and wonderful idea to another without any discernible plan or structure, kept…

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By Tom Huddlestone (75) for Time Out (7,510) on 15 Oct 2009

It's unlikely Gilliam's own, undeniably brilliant career will be revitalised by this rambling, undisciplined and indulgent piece of work…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

By Victor Olliver (198) for Teletext (251) on 15 Oct 2009

Terry Gilliam is perhaps the only director who could lure in the late Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell AND Jude Law - and still produce…

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By Catherine Bray (216) for Film4 (1,522) on 15 Oct 2009

A eulogy, a polemic, an intriguing mess: Dr Parnassus is ultimately more worth your time than many a polished creation, and it's a must for…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 15 Oct 2009

It's mad and beautiful and bewildering; it represents a unique vision; it's a peek into the treasure trove of oddities that is Terry Gilliam's head…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 15 Oct 2009

Gilliam's imagination rubbing up against his constricted budget, and CGI showmanship is not on any level his forte…

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By Josh Winning (84) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 15 Oct 2009

Sadly, Parnassus' stop-start narrative frustrates, while much of its melancholy relies on Ledger's involvement. Still, there are those moments…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

By Ben Walters (136) for Heat Magazine (77) on 15 Oct 2009

Gilliam struggles to create a coherent frame for his visual ambition…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 15 Oct 2009

Gilliam's plotting is typically ramshackle, but the fantasy visions are wondrous…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

By Tom Hutchinson (48) for Filmstar Magazine (47) on 15 Oct 2009

The film is too much of a shambles, but it is brave and courageous; not tainted by anything other than circumstance and passion…

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