Product: The Fisher King [VHS] (1991)
Rating: 3.0
Promising but uneven
When radio host Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) inadvertently causes a psycho to go on a killing spree in a restaurant, he is incapacitated by guilt and spirals into an alcohol-fueled depression. He is offered a chance for redemption when he meets Parry (Robin Williams),a homeless, delusional survivor of that tragedy who believes that he had been tasked with finding the Holy Grail. Bridges is excellent and Williams overacts entertainingly as one of those oddball characters brimming over with energy that he has played so many times. Unfortunately, the screenplay and direction have an uneven tone. Parry's psychological pain and the disturbing Red Knight that tortures him with its resemblance to raw, exploding flesh carry some real impact, but it is buried in a screenplay that is far too cutesy and superficial the rest of the time.