Not just the best sci-fi film of all time, but the best film period!

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2000)

12 Monkeys is not just the best sci-fi film of all time, but the best film period! What it really comes down to is an amazingly intricate script by David and Janet Peoples (and, of course, the people who converted that script into a film -- Terry Gilliam, Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Paul Buckmaster, etc. -- deserve applause, too). For the first time, time travel makes sense. Unlike Back to the Future or Terminator films, this film's script actually understands that you can't change the past because everything that has happened has happened. The events are inevitable.