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Name: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Released: 2009-10-16
Cast: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield, Lily Cole

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

PG-13
2h 3m
2009

64%

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Enter a dazzling world of fantasy in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,Director Terry Gilliam’s magical adventure tale starring Heath Ledger in his last film role along with Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. In exchange for extraordinary powers, Dr. Parnassus (Plummer)makes a deal with the Devil to turn over any child of his when they turn sixteen. But as his daughter Valentina’s (Lily Cole) birthday approaches, a mysterious stranger(Ledger) arrives with the power to change everything. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr. Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Producer:

Terry Gilliam, William Vince, Amy Gilliam, Samuel Hadida

Cast:

Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Andrew Garfield, Lily Cole, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

64%

Critics Consensus: Terry Gilliam remains as indulgent as ever, but The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus represents a return to the intoxicatingly imaginative, darkly beautiful power of his earlier work, with fine performances to match all the visual spectacle.

Reviews

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

Has some inspired moments but does not exorcise the curse of forcefully finishing something that should have stayed invisible. [Full review in Spanish]

Made with autobiographical flourishes, the film acknowledges through wild visual and narrative symbolism the monumentality of Gilliam's filmmaking travails, how he has been all but crushed by those in power.

March 20, 2022

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Charleston City Paper

Felicia Feaster

But it is difficult to be awed by Gilliam's imagination when it is so consistently unyoked to story and seems more about the director's own creative satisfaction than bequeathing his audience some reward for their time.

A cinematic stage that can only be described as a pantheon of visual delights, let your imagination run wild and enter The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

November 8, 2019

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Three Imaginary Girls

Amie Simon

The contrast between the stark, bleak cities and the amazingly colorful, crazy acid-trip fantasy sequences was a visual treat. It definitely LOOKS fantastic. The problem is in the substance.

March 9, 2019

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