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- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 37 m
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 37 m
Summary The Fountain is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
Written By: Ari Handel, Darren Aronofsky
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 37 m
- 2006
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 37 m
The Fountain
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7.8
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Summary The Fountain is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. (Warner Bros.)
Directed By: Darren Aronofsky
Written By: Ari Handel, Darren Aronofsky
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
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42% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
39% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
19% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 36 Critic Reviews
51
42% Positive
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
39% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
19% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
It's an ambitious, passionate, grief-stricken work of film art.
It's often maddening, because of its structure, and some of its visuals are pretentious nonsense. But, as a story of undying love, it's certainly unique.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 329 User Ratings
7.8
77% Positive
253 Ratings
253 Ratings
13% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
10% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 329 User Ratings
7.8
77% Positive
253 Ratings
253 Ratings
13% Mixed
42 Ratings
42 Ratings
10% Negative
34 Ratings
34 Ratings
At age 36, still my all-time favorite movie. It's beautiful; a masterpiece. Hugh Jackman is excellent, I felt the emotion and drama were not excessive. It's an emotional and existential journey. When I watch and rewatch this film, I am him. There is both simplicity and profundity here, depending on what you choose to believe.
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It's possible to admire or respect a movie without enjoying it too much, and that's partly the reaction I had to Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain. It's an incredibly ambitious film of sometimes thrilling visual achievement, but it didn't connect fully to my mind and nerves.
Part dewey-eyed paperback romance, part acid-trip planetarium show, this extravagantly silly movie comes on like the second coming of "2001."
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.
Aronofsky's reach far exceeds his grasp with this film, and the muddle he concocts makes one wonder if there was ever a solid foundation for The Fountain. Hope may spring eternal, but this fountain is a dry hole.
Completely brilliant and beautiful, The Fountain allowed us to look at the depths of the innermost, intimate and emotional side of our soul in terms of the love and loss of our closest person in this world. With the help of Clint Mansell's touching music, the observer sink into the well directed story and is 'bewitched'. Captivate, fascinating and personal.
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Potent somber imagery abound, an hour and a half of visual poetry asks the viewer to interpret the vagaries of a scientist's obsession with saving his dying wife while she authors a book exploring a man's obsession with the legend of a tree of life.
In tandem to this we also seems to explore a visual manifestation of her own novel of a conquistador as he attempts to find an elixir of life for his queen (also played by the same actors). Fascinating but for me things felt too over cooked to enjoy consuming.
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From my favorite director, The Fountain is not very favorite movie. It was a great experimental film though. Many impressive visuals are there as usual. But, as a whole, the struggle and the three generations where to clubbed together to provide an amazing experience for the audience.
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The tree of life and the fountain of youth. The possibilities for themes and visuals are endless. Unfortunately Aronofsky chooses to bog us down in a melodrama with two characters that he never gives us a chance to connect with. This film is trying very hard to be complex but the story arc is simple. A doctor is trying to save his dying wife. She knows what he will not accept. The rest is surreal visuals revolving around the afterlife.
All of this would be a great idea if there were characters involved that I cared about. My second issue with the Fountain is the visuals. For a film that is relying heavily on visuals they are pretty bland here. If there is a bright spot I think it is Jackman's performance. I don't think I have ever seen him convey emotion in such a believable way. The Fountain had some promise but in the end never delivers.
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Production Company
Warner Bros.,
New Regency Productions,
Protozoa Pictures,
Muse Entertainment Enterprises,
Mel's Cite du Cinema
Release Date Nov 22, 2006
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Tagline Death as an act of creation.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 1 Win & 9 Nominations
Scream Awards
• 4 Nominations
