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The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus is one of those movies that, despite spectacular elements, doesn't add up to a spectacular film.
Christine Champ, Film.com
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The man who tried to cheat the devil.
2009 · 2h 3m · PG-13
Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Overview
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
Director and cast
- Terry Gilliam Director
- Christopher Plummer as Doctor Parnassus
- Lily Cole as Valentina
- Heath Ledger as Tony
- Andrew Garfield as Anton
- Verne Troyer as Percy
- Tom Waits as Devil
- Johnny Depp as Imaginarium Tony 1
- Jude Law as Imaginarium Tony 2
- Colin Farrell as Imaginarium Tony 3
- Fraser Altcheson as Dancing Policeman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Terry Gilliam, the veteran film director who cut his teeth as the animation wizard of television's legendary Monty Python's Flying Circus, has flirted with genius throughout his career, and bedded her from time to time. In The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnas
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
Parnassus is fun to watch a good deal of the time, and Gilliam is almost always visually surprising, but Ledger could have used a more momentous send-off.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
It teases with magnificently tantalizing moments that don't quite add up to one grand insight. Which, come to think of it, is an epiphany of its own peculiar sort.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
When it's all done we're left with another recent Gilliam trademark: the highly imaginative mess.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
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