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Summary: One of the very best
Review: Where was the studio's PR department on this one? It's amazing how many people have never heard of this movie when I recommend the video. I'm not going to go on and on raving, but just wanted to include my five star rating to the two other five star ratings already listed.
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Summary: Allegory on the most universal of themes
Review: According to a reviewer for the Boston Globe "Terry Gilliam tries to make a mainstream movie but can't help being himself." I think this is well said. The story, characters, setting and dialogue give the movie a decidedly contemporary feel, but beneath the surface lies a sly allegory on some of the most universal themes: sin, suffering, compasion and redemption. Sin (Jack's sins of arrogance and self-centeredness) leads to suffering (the tormenting guilt he feels almost in spite of himself), which is cured only by the compassion he feels for Perry (forced at first, but it soon becomes real enough), which leads ultimately to his redemption and deliverance from suffering. All of which reminds one of God's pursuit of the sinner who is reluctant to be redeemed, but ultimately won over and hence delivered of his suffering. (Whew!)Another reviewer here descirbed this movie as "Eucharistic." Also very well said.
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Summary: One of the best movies ever
Review: Extremely well played with first class casting in every role. Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges deserves at least a couple of oscar's each for their performance, and Mercedes Ruehl deservingly did. It's has a crazy story wich would have been stupid in the hands of lesser talent, but Terry Gilliam and his cast breezes through it. And makes, in my opinion, one of the best movies. Ever.
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Summary: My biased opinion is that it's the best film ever made
Review: I must admit my heart did a little flip-flop when I found out I could finally own my favorite movie of all time on DVD as of Feb 16th. If you are a new owner od a DVD player and you are still at that "Should I rent it or buy it" phase- I must beg you to consider this film as an addition to your growing library. It is by and far the best film to enrapture the Arthurian legend amid the urban squalor of everyday modern existence, thereby folding royalty among the peasants and turning a well known modern metropolis into a serfdom. Fisher King is brilliantly acted and structured from beginning to end, and makes for a fantastic evening of deep entertainment. Gilliam is a visual genuis and his thoughts and impressions flow onto the screen with carisma and charm unsurpassed in anything he's ever done. Jeff Bridges and Robin Williams give the performances of their careers, and you are not let down by any type of conventional plot. A thoroughly satisfying film. One that belongs in any serious film fanatics' library.
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Summary: A Profound Reflection on Forgiveness
Review: This is my favorite movie. It acknowledges the suffering and darkness that fills our lives because of both our personal failings and the violence others inflict upon us; at the same time it shows how the mystery of compassion and forgiveness can bring about an experience of profound communion with others. The only movie I've ever seen that I would characterize as authentically "Eucharistic" in spirit.
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Summary: One of my favorites!
Review: I've seen it several times over the years and always find it grab me, time and time again. From the beginning with its flavor of arrogence to its articulation of mass humbling,(I'm referring to Jack, the character)the portrayal of its characters is intense and moving. Though the characters seem extreme, when one thinks honestly, they all relate to all of our extemes. I know people like those people! Sometimes I am those characters in my own crazy yet joyful life, even in the middle of complete disaster. So I guess, Mr. Harvard..we don't agree.
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Summary: Hilarious and moving.
Review: Jeff Bridges plays Jack Lucas, a shock-jock who's remarks to one man ruens his career at its peak. He then goes on to be saved by homeless man Robin Williams, who steals the show with a wonderfull performance. What unfolds is a character study about a man trying to make up for the past, while another is trying to forget his.
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Summary: What a Wonderful Movie!
Review: I'm sure lots of people out there won't like this movie. Not the usual HOLLYWOOD plot or ending. But the acting is superb, and the movie really made me... part of it. See this if you like Terry Gilliam and/or Robin Williams.
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Summary: One of the best movies I have seen and I've seen a lot!
Review: The Fisher King is one of Robin Williams greatest performances and should have garnered him his first Oscar. The story is very contemporary and fits will within our own chaotic world and the shows that very thin red line between sanity and madness better than any other movie made so far.
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Summary: And the "masses" have spoken...
Review: Though I compliment the reviewer below for his/her vocabulary, I've never been one to appriciate any wordy rendition of the phrase "I didn't get it." Also, from the wording, I'd think this person didn't even actually see "The Fisher King," or didn't have the sound up. But let's forget about pretentious reviewers who think they're deeper than "cookie sheets." Visually stunning, beautifully acted, and a timeless tale told in a completely new light, this film is wonderful. Actually the first film Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys) shot in America, made for a studio, and made from someone else's script, which seems to be the way his films since have been made. If you aren't familiar with his work, I would reccommend "Brazil" and "Time Bandits" to start. But "The Fisher King" does stand on its own as a fine film regardless.
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