A Beautiful Story About Life, Love, & the Acceptance of Death

Rating: 9/10 (29 May 2007)

The Fountain is an exquisite film that intrigues you from beginning to end. The actors give their all and it truly shows, not once did I feel detached from either the dying Izzie or her husband Tom who desperately tried to find a cure for her terminal brain tumor. Their love inspires Izzie to write a book 'The Fountain' which revolves around a Spanish Queen who, in order to defeat the Inquisitor from taking over Spain, desperately seeks immortality via The Tree of Life which is located in New Spain. She sends her faithful Conquistador to retrieve the legendary sap so she may live forever, she would then become his Eve.
To be fair the film is unclear at first and it takes patience to understand the movie, perhaps if you are not perceptive you'll have to watch it again - as I had too - to understand the complete beauty that is The Fountain.
Intricate story lines, wonderful character representation - not only is the acting superb but the character's were extremely well written. Do not miss this film, it is a true work of art and is bound to be among the many sci-fi classics - or even among the great's of movie history.