Very good time-travel whodunit

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2013)

As time-travel stories go, I liked that one very much. Captivating performances from Pitt and Willis, and I liked the overall intensity and the claustrophobic camera/light. Very good and ingenious production design as usual with Gilliam, but in 12 Monkeys he also managed to keep everything under perfect control - he's a bit of a hit-and-miss director in my opinion.
The mystery part works well, the different scenes in different times all fitting together like cogs in a well-oiled gearbox.
Highly recommended, even if the re watch-value is not that high (knowing about all the twists takes away some of the fun, still rewatchable for the great performances). What keeps this from 10/10 for me is the ultimately depressing story.