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Darren Aronofsky odyssey-styled adventure about a man trying desperately to save his wife, who’s dying of cancer. I’ll be struggling...
Darren Aronofsky odyssey-styled adventure about a man trying desperately to save his wife, who’s dying of cancer. I’ll be struggling to give a succinct plot outline for this, seems pretty whack, but I’ll give it a shot… the film follows Tommy (Jackman) through 3 eras: the present, 16th Century Spain & America, and the future. In the present, his wife Izzi (Weiz) is dying and – as a scientist – he attempts to find a cure through experimental surgery on monkeys. Izzi is writing a novel which is presented via the 16th Century storyline. Here conquistador Tomas (Jackman) is dispatched by the Queen of Spain (Weiz) to the Americas, in search of the fountain of youth protected by Mayan Indians. And then there’s the future, in which Tom (Jackman) is flying through space in a bubble searching for the Xibalba nebula – believed by the Mayans to be the gateway to the underworld.
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53 %206 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
74 %262,167 reviewsAudience score rating
"The problem, though, is that its techniques run too far beyond its ideas, which are blurry and banal, rather than mysterious and resonant. The Fountain is something to see, but it is also much less, finally, than meets the eye..."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"As it happens, each one of these tales is also a love story, and The Fountain is Aronofsky’s profession of faith concerning love’s place in the idea of eternity. It’s a movie that’s as deeply felt as it is imagined..."
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Premiere Magazine
Premiere Magazine"Prepare to be happily perplexed in this time-warped, mind-bending and tree-hugging ode to love and death..."
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New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald"Bloated and logy, and art-directed within an inch of its life, the movie shovels heaps of phony portent and all-purpose mystical imagery onto a thin and maudlin plot..."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Like all of his previous films, it's visually arresting - if any recent film embodies the concept of cinema as poetry, this it it - but unlike "Pi" or "Requiem for a Dream," these aren't characters we're ever invested in..."
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Film Threat
Film Threat"At heart, this is a simple Zen fable about love and death. In execution, it’s a complex and gorgeous mini-epic with sterling performances from its two stars..."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"First, the good news: The Fountain is only 97 minutes long. Now the bad: that's 97 minutes of rampant metaphysical codswallop..."
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BBC
BBCThe Fountain | Details
- Runtime
- 96
- Genre
- Romance, Science Fiction
- Country of origin
- USA
