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Fountain, The (2006) Movie Information |
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Overall Rank: |
2116 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.67/4 |
# of Ratings: |
220 |
Genres: |
Sci-Fi, Romance |
Rating: |
PG-13 |
Language: |
English |
Theater Date: | 11/22/2006 |
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Director: |
Darren Aronofsky |
Actors: |
Hugh Jackman
Rachel Weisz
Ellen Burstyn
Cliff Curtis
Mark Margolis
Stephen McHattie |
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Plot Outline:
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A man tries to find the fountain of youth over three different time periods to save the life of his lover.
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mitchellyoung 07/20/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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4/4 |
This is a film that bears a second viewing. Aronofsky, while certainly not the most accessible director, is one of the most visionary young talents in Hollywood and this film is a masterpiece meditation on love, dreams, and loss. Visually told through parallel universes (or storylines?), it's a layered and nuanced cinematic puzzle. |
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PsychoKing1227 04/12/2010 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
Rating of
3.5/4 |
Darren Aronofsky's films never cease to surprise me and make me think. In "The Fountain," Jackman's performance sizzles with elegant intensity, and Rachel Weisz's beauty is unsurpassed. A romantic film set in three different time periods, the legendary story of the fountain of youth comes to a new interpretation that will be a constant reference for later years. A beautiful film by one of today's brimming new talents. |
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02/02/2012 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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"The Fountain" by Yojimbo |
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A surgeon desperately searches for a cure for his wife's cancer while absorbing himself into the world represented by her final novel. Darren Aronofsky is nothing if not brave and once again willingly sacrifices mainstream acceptibility to realise his vision. Similar in format to 2046 in that fantasy and reality are happening in parallel on screen, The Fountain is a representation of his musings on mortality, love and loss and coming to terms with personal grief. It is a truly stunning film to look at with an appropriately beautiful score, complimented nicely by a surprisingly sensitive performance by Hugh Jackman. Unfortunately the film's strength is also its weakness in that Aronofsky gets so carried away with his sumptuous metaphorical imagery that the characters are almost left by the... |
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3.5/4 |
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12/20/2011 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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The Fountain review |
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One should have an open mind, patience, focus and expect something different from this dramatic movie. An intertwined story of a modern-day Doctor (Tommy), a conquistador (Tomas) and a space traveler in the future (Tom). Tomas is tasked by the Queen of Spain to travel to the New World in search of the Biblical Tree of Life. Tommy tries his best to search for a cure to help his wife Izzi who has a brain tumor. Tom travels and sees a tree where he feels where it breathes life and his dead wife appears. Each one has a mission to fulfill. Hugh Jackman proves that he can perform straight up drama while Rachel Weisz a worthy co-lead. The cinematography and visual effects are distinctive, striking and futuristic.
The film had a lot of topics and symbolism's related to Buddhism (medit... |
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3.5/4 |
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10/26/2008 (1 of 1 found this helpful) |
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This fountain showers down bizarre waters |
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The Fountain is a beautiful-looking, but hollow and strange film that takes place in three different time periods: Spain in the past, Earth in the present and space in the future. There are few characters that inhabit The Fountain, but three are played by Hugh Jackman and three are played by Rachel Weisz. On Earth, scientist Tommy Creo (Jackman) is desperately working on a cure for brain tumors using primates as test subjects; his wife Izzy (Weisz) is dying from a brain tumor. Izzy is writing a book about the Queen of Spain (also Weisz) who sends a conquistador (also Jackman) on a quest to find “The Tree of Life”, the biblical tree that will extend life forever. Amid these story threads are peculiar scenes involving a bald man (again Jackman) traveling through space in a giant bubble acco... |
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2/4 |
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