Critical analysis

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 1998)

Bruce Willis as James Cole is surprisingly in his portrayal although it is fair to say the role of saving the world is wearing thin now. Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines is a perfect example of over acting and I don't think was suitably cast in his role. The director Terry Gilliam however has brought the film brilliantly together, making a fairly complex syntagm visually stimulating and engaging. I was interested to see Gilliam's fascination with Hitchcock films, as he included footage of The Birds, the theme of Vertigo and copied Hitchcock's trademark of making the woman, Dr Railly (Madeline Stowe), blonde.