An eclectic yet personal attempt to convey some form of spiritual enlightenment that often gets lost in its quest for something 'greater.'

Rating: 6/10 (27 March 2018)

'The Fountain (2006)' comes close to pretentious portent, often feeling more like a collection of well-crafted images than a cohesive set of scenes in an actual narrative, but ultimately Aronofsky's personal yet eclectic tale of a man fighting back against the prospect of death is never dull nor meaningless. It is often more confusing than mystifying, though, and it is easy to see why that would frustrate rather than delight. It's a non-traditional attempt to convey some sort of spiritual enlightenment, with its non-linear presentation making for a sometimes difficult yet forcibly engaging watch and its wild visuals making for some wonderfully wide-eyed spectacle, but it's most emotional moments are those that are the most human and it's unfortunate that these are lost in the search for something supposedly greater, and in fact fleetingly perplexing, when nothing could best those simplest interactions that come the closest to being profound. 6/10