Positive—“The Fountain” is not for everyone. It's an art film. It's not a popcorn flick, or a date movie (although that's what the TV spots want you to think).
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Super heavy handed, reeks of self importance, the dialogue is very weak and the characters are thin, hollow and lack any nuance. There isn't ...
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The Fountain was too cerebral to ever become popular, even if it were a good film. However, it was also heavy and pretentious. It took itself ...
This film is indeed poetry, and a beautiful testament to love and the cycle of life, and the impermanence of death.
It's often considered one of the most confusing movies ever made or one of the worst movies of all time, but is The Fountain underrated? The film has ...
Positive—“The Fountain” is not for everyone. It's an art film. It's not a popcorn flick, or a date movie (although that's what the TV spots want you to think).
This gigantic, unwieldy, passionate, furious, generous, esoteric, impossible film that took our grapple with life and death and writ it large across time, ...
A man (Hugh Jackman) travels through time on a quest for immortality and to save the woman (Rachel Weisz) he loves.
As evident from the reviews that run the gamut from completely trashing it to loudly singing its praises, The Fountain is not a movie that everyone will like.