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A mixed review of Terry Gilliam's sci-fi film about a man who tries to solve the meaning of life. The review praises the visuals and the cast, but criticizes the plot and the characters as too theoretical and abstract.
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Sep 19, 2014 · 49% Tomatometer 130 Reviews 43% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Hired to crack a theorem, reclusive computer genius Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz) begins to make headway until his controlled world...
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By Chris Tilly
Posted: Oct 20, 2013 9:33 am
Terry Gilliam makes a very specific and recognizable kind of movie, so much so that if you accidentally stumbled upon one, you’d know it was his long before the filmmaker's name appears onscreen. Gilliam’s celluloid voice is unmistakable, his movies an all-out assault on the senses that take place where comedy and tragedy meet, with madness often examined and authority frequently attacked.
When they work, they can be a glorious jumble of twisted and rebellious ideas, as with Time Bandits, Twelve Monkeys, The Fisher King, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
More recently however, his output has been tedious and disappointing, the likes of Tideland, The Brothers Grimm and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus visually arresting, but very much a case of style over substance.Gilliam’s latest effort – The Zero Theorem – mercifully falls into the former category, but it does so by cribbing from some of his greater works, most notably the brilliant Brazil.
Like that film, the story centres on an average guy in a retro-future world gone mad. This time the seemingly inconsequential worker bee lost in the swarm is Qohen Leth (Christoph Waltz) a nervous and neurotic loner who works for a shady corporation called Mancom, where “everything is under control.”
Terry Gilliam’s finest film for a decade may look and sound a bit like Brazil, but it ultimately has its own story to tell, one of humanity potentially being wiped out by technology. These big ideas will provoke conversation and thought, even if they become confused in the film’s final third. And yet another extraordinary performance from Christoph...
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Sep 19, 2014 · Written By: Pat Rushin, Terry Gilliam. The Zero Theorem. Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 28 Critic Reviews. 50. User Score Generally Favorable Based on 62 User Ratings. 6.5. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review. Where to Watch. View All. Christoph Waltz. Qohen Leth. Lucas Hedges. Bob. Mélanie Thierry. Bainsley.
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Sep 19, 2014 · Zero Theorem offers what by now is the standard cultural vision of an unappealing future: a mix of futuristic lights and screens (every street looks like Times Square) and preserved remnants of...
Sep 19, 2014 · By Matt Goldberg. Published Sep 19, 2014. Read Matt's The Zero Theorem review; Terry Gilliam's film stars Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, and Matt Damon. The...
Mar 13, 2014 · The Zero Theorem review – 'Nothing seems really to be at stake'. Terry Gilliam's latest movie is overworked, over-designed and overdetermined in its hyper-crazy world. Peter Bradshaw...
