Simple, average, disappointing....

Rating: 4/10 (4 April 2007)

The fountain was very disappointing. Simple story, average script, average direction, no surprises. 30 minutes into the movie I had understood everything and even predicted the scene towards the end. Too bad...
I think the director was pretentious and tried to impress us with some special effects and "parallels" that really didn't work with me. There was nothing clever in the story and the symbolisms were so obvious and expected that were serving no purpose at all. The whole new-age feeling he tried to infuse into the movie was also completely out of place. It's a shame because I really admired his previous works. I am expecting something better from him in the future.
The protagonist's acting was very good.