The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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  • Opened December 25, 2009 
  • 2 hr 2 min
  • PG-13 | Smoking, Language, Some Sensuality and Violent Images
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), the leader of a traveling show, has a dark secret. Thousands of years ago he traded the soul of his daughter, Valentina, to the devil. Now the devil has come to collect his prize. To save her, Parnassus must make a final wager: Whoever collects five souls first will win Valentina. Tony (Heath Ledger), a man saved from hanging by Parnassus' troupe, agrees to help collect them, with his eye on marrying Valentina. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell
  • Director: Terry Gilliam
  • Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Suspense/Thriller

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Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

Vintage Terry Gilliam, a pour not to all tastes but one certain to please lovers of "Time Bandits" and "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen." Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Despite a shaky framework, the magic works. It's a chance to see Ledger one last time in the act of doing what he loved. Take it. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

The Depp sequence is especially poignant, apparently rewritten with references to other celebrities who died before their time -- Rudolph Valentino, James Dean and Princess Di -- and who will remain "forever young" in our imaginations. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Ty Burr

In short, “Imaginarium’’ is a Terry Gilliam movie and it’s a mess, which over the years have come to mean much the same thing. It’s one of his better messes, though, or at least this critic was won over by its ramshackle whimsies. Read full review

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Heath Ledger as Tony in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus."