The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Name: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Released: 1989-3-8
Cast: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown

PG
2h 6m
1989

91%

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Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil) and an all-star cast including John Neville, Eric Idle, Oliver Reed and Uma Thurman deliver this tale of the enchanting adventures of Baron von Munchausen on his journey to save a town from defeat. Being swallowed by a giant sea-monster, a trip to the moon, a dance with Venus and an escape from the Grim Reaper are only some of the improbable adventures.

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Producer:

Thomas Schühly

Writer:

Charles McKeown, Terry Gilliam

Cast:

John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown, Winston Dennis, Jack Purvis, Valentina Cortesa, Jonathan Pryce, Bill Paterson, Peter Jeffrey, Uma Thurman, Alison Steadman, Ray Cooper

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

91%

Critics Consensus: Bursting with Terry Gilliam's typically imaginative flourishes, this story of a possibly deranged Baron recounting his storied life is a flamboyant and witty visual treat.

Reviews

PopMatters

Chris Barsanti

Stranger than Terry Gilliam’s 1990s hits and less aggressive than his later work, this glorious fantasy was the last time his talents fully flowered.

An artist of uncommon visual eccentricity and conceptual audacity, Terry Gilliam is among cinema’s most dedicated fantasists.

... "Munchausen" explores the end of a man’s life, asking questions about whether truth matters more than imagination and why impossibility over reason allows for a fuller life.

Among the greatest of all fantasy films.

As the movie goes on, it begins to seem a little too much like Gilliam’s self-defense for being a fantasist beleaguered by the powerful and unimaginative.

August 31, 2022

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