The Fountain is a masterpiece of raw emotion

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2006)

Without giving anything away, I would just like everyone to know what to expect from this movie. You can't go into this movie expecting a standard. You must go into with your mind and your heart open. Let it work its magic on you. You will be rewarded with a mind-blowing excursion into human nature and probably your own psyche.
Darren Aronofsky has compiled a masterpiece that examines the themes of life, love, death, and rebirth. It is difficult not to identify with Tommy Creo, and you spend the entire film feeling everything Tommy feels.
The spiritual journey is portrayed by amazing cinematography, and very little (if any) CG work. Instead, Aronofsky utilized macro photography to represent outer space, which was not only visually stunning but symbolically important (i.e., you can see infinity even in the smallest particles, and you can see the divine by looking inward). The entire film was accompanied by Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet, who delivered a spot-on performance by exaggerating every emotion.
In short, this film was beautiful and thought-provoking. Some have referred to it as "poetry on film", and I quite agree.