A Beautiful Allegory

Rating: 10/10 (23 November 2010)

No review I can write does justice to this film. Actually it shouldn't even be reviewed as a film, but more, like many other viewers said before me, as a poem.
It is a beautiful allegory about life, death and love, and nobody who watches it should even try to understand it as a movie with plot, characters and dialog, but more as a philosophical and emotional statement.
Nothing is perfect, but 'The Fountain' comes damn close, and the musical score is very much responsible for this achievement. Clint Mansell's music manages to transcend into more than sound, changing your very mood and perception as it beautifully completes every scene of the movie.
In my opinion, film-making is as much an art as painting or music, and every filmmaker, from screenwriters to directors and producers should strive to achieve this level of art in all movies, rather than just create another form of entertainment.
As a form of art, this film is a masterpiece.