Weird and esoteric

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2000)

This movie could easily have been made a disaster. The first key is the cast. It is excellently cast, and the performances in this film are stunning. Particularly Brad Pitt performs so excellently, one might actually believe that he flails his arms like that for real.
The weirdness of this movie was too much for some - I know a whole bunch of friends who really hated it - mainly because they didn't understand any of it. And it is a very esoteric film. One almost has to go inside Gilliam's head to understand what is going on. To ask why would be a mistake, however. Nothing really happens for a reason in this film. It just happens.
I relate a lot to "Fisher King" when I see this one - mostly because the main character (Willis) doesn't understand much of what is going on, which is very similar to Bridge's character. It's not until the very end he understands.
The circular plot is a touch of genius. In fact, this film is one of the 50 films on my top-10-list.