The Fountain
Ellen Burstyn, Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz
An odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the lege...( read more
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DVD Released: May 18, 2007
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June 5, 2009I know a lot of these people felt this movie tried a little to hard and didn't deliver on its ethereal intentions, but the incredible visuals using macrophotography instead of CG and soundtrack alone did it for me.
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May 28, 2009Pointless. A glut of imagery that falls flat, in the end it has nothing really important to offer. it's a shallow and too self important existential soap opera.
Redeeming qualities? sure, its relatively short duration and Hugh Jackman's performance. -
April 5, 2009This was an odd one, cant really say much as I was alittle lost for the whole thing to be honest.
Three seperate tales about one persons life in different timelines, the future, the present and Im guessing the Elizabethan age as a Spanish soldier. All revolve around the tree of l... ...( read more ) -
March 16, 2009beautiful movie 2 watch, best performance by hugh jackman. I just didn't quite get this movie. But still it was worth watching
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February 3, 2009
''Together we will live forever.'' The Fountain is one of the deepest mov...
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July 4, 2009THE FOUNTAIN to me is a 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY for this millenium. It is visually stunning,and, makes me try to think the meaning of the film,by the end credit.Yes,it is a kind of movie that is gonna create a discussion after you watched it.many will hate it,but definitely,there a... ...( read more )
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September 14, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
November 27, 2006
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The movie may have significant truths to impart, although I have my doubts, but it feels too inexperienced, too unworldly, to have earned the right to them. full review
November 22, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Exquisitely beautiful and almost unbearably sad... The Fountain is cinema as poetry; romance as revelation; science fiction as prayer. full review
November 22, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
The picture is visually intoxicating --- the images have a luminous psychedelic beauty --- and the film's themes emerge elegantly out of the story's intricately-looped tri-level structure. full review
November 22, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
A haunting and remarkable emotional journey that takes us places movies rarely dare to go. full review
November 21, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
In his third feature, Darren Aronofsky tries to replace the prose of narrative cinema with a poetic language of rhyming images and visual metaphors.
November 21, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
With its whispered dialogue and funereal tone, The Fountain takes itself far too seriously. No one else will. full review
November 20, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
I think I finally understand what George H.W. Bush meant by 'a thousand points of light.' full review
September 20, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Part historical fantasy, part lovers-separated-by-death weeper, part New Age fever dream, The Fountain isn't truly horrible, just very, very silly. full review
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April 29, 2009Can someone please explain the title to me. I missed the last 5 or 10 minutes of this flick due to technical problems in theatre. No one saw the actual end and I don't understand where the fountain is coming from.
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September 12, 2008Hugh Jackman was awesome ,but it is a very weird story. not happening. need to see some good scenery n Hugh then hav a look.
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July 15, 2008
''Together we will live forever''
Pleased more of my friends adore this film, still haven't seen anything to replace it as my number 1, The Dark Knight, There will be Blood or LOTR come close...possibly but as for The Fountain and it's material or subject matter, still hasn't been anything yet as evolved and different in complexity, from other A to B type movies. -
April 28, 2008I have never before seen a film I would so willingly label as beautiful.
It's funny, while it was running, it all seemed to make perfect sense, but now that I'm trying to write a review of it, I can't seem to put any of it into words- in fact, the sense of understanding has completely vanished, and it's all a jumble. That's what I get for trying to write reviews at three in the morning... -
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February 18, 2008Love the movie, didn't get the whole parallele kind of life that was going on the movie but still it made me think about life and death and the tree of life, I actualy had to read Genesses just to understand. And of course I love Hugh and Rachel...
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December 11, 2007
One man, a woman, a book, a tree.
The book, his mind,the female bond.
The tree of life in all three realities.
Death is the road to awe.
Death as a means of life.
An endless cycle, an Aztec truth.
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November 12, 2007I like how people who loved the film think people who didnt simply didnt get it. I did get it, I got everything and it simply felt too ambious and it failed. Its no masterpiece, its just some strange piece of filmmaking that could have been better if Aronosky had been able to find his focus.
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November 11, 2007Hmmmm Christine (The Celtic Poet's) Top pick of 2006!
Hmmm I think my son would say, "Hey, Mom you get to see Hugh Jackman as a bald guy in this one!" .....
Flixster - Share MoviesHey both Ben & I are HUGE fans of Hugh Jackman (Wolverine-Xmen)& Rachel Weisz (Nehpreteri-The Mummy I, II & Scorpion King)
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