The film that has the award for the weirdest title of a film I've reviewed so far. And, even though this film won't win any other awards, it was a satisfactory experience.
As you should all know, or you've all turned into hermits, this is Heath Ledger's final performance. His curtain call. His final shabang. And you'd've thought that this would be his best performance ever, even better than his Joker. Sadly, though this is a rather good performance, he doesn't live up to his Joker. But what his performance as the mysterious Tony shows is that Mr. Ledger really could've been one of the great actors of our generation, but he was cut short, and, apologies for the cliché, the cinema will miss him.
Anyway, soppyness aside, the film needs reviewing. The story is rather complicated. Dr Parnassus is an extremely old man who has this ability that is never really explained, but at a guess, his mind is extremely powerful and can make people walk through this magic mirror of his into they're perfect world, they're imagination really. Now, I'm going to try and avoid any spoilers, Parnassus makes a bet with the Devil to do with getting 5 souls and the first to 5 souls wins. The victory is something to do with Parnassus' daughter, but that is never really explained either.
So, the film is a confusing one, and not very self-explanitory, leaving the viewer to join the dots and come up to their own solutions to the many questions asked by the film. It isn't looking too good for Terry Gilliam's film, but on the whole, it's quite good.
The effects are excellent, especially when they go through the magic mirror. The acting is good, Heath Ledger standing out, however I found Parnassus' daughter exceptionally annoying.
To summarise, the film was average for me, we were expecting an epic, but sadly it wasn't.
6.1/10.
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