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By Liz Braun (961) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 24 Dec 2009

Whichever way you choose to look at it, it's a trippy couple of hours at the theatre…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Salon.com (2,725) on 23 Dec 2009

It meanders and jaywalks according to its own confused rhythms, and the suggestion is that if we don't get it -- or if we get bored -- we're…

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By Frederic And Mary Ann Brussat (3,072) for Spirituality and Practice (3,072) on 23 Dec 2009

A morality tale about the consequences of making deals with the devil that has some visual flare but doesn't really hold together…

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By Devin Faraci (498) for CHUD (345) on 23 Dec 2009

While a movie that is deeply flawed and ultimately fails, Parnassus is at least watchable, unlike Gilliam's last film, the wretched Tideland…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 23 Dec 2009

An acidic combo of a Super Mario Bros. game on a disastrous drug trip and a bad Lady Gaga video -- however, both Mario and Gaga have better premises…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 22 Dec 2009

Unsuccessfully attempts to fashion an actual story out of slapdash, seemingly improvised sequences awash in uneven CG effects…

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By Drew Mcweeny (622) for HitFix (861) on 21 Dec 2009

The Imaginarium Of Dr…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 18 Dec 2009

Dazzling and sumptuous, chronicling a haunting race to redemption…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 26 Nov 2009

While he hasn't made a perfect film, Terry Gilliam preserves the memory of Heath Ledger in a way that appropriately matches his own sense of…

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By Martyn Pedler (4) for Triple J (121) on 02 Nov 2009

The beautiful special effects sequences can drag on, but Gilliam's crafted an intriguing, old-fashioned fairytale framework for them…

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By Evan Williams (98) for The Australian (781) on 01 Nov 2009

If fantasy is your thing, take a trip through Gilliam's mirror and drink your fill, but don't blame me for your indigestion…

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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…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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…

Review of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

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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