The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a Terry Gilliam film, who has also scripted the film along with Charles Mckeon. It is an adventurous ride which has the ingredients of mystery and fantasy. It has already hit the theatres on 16th October 2009 and got an average opening. The star cast of this film includes Andrew Garfield, Christopher Plummer, Richard Ridell and Katie Lyons.

This story revolves around the life of Dr. Parnassus, who owns an imaginarium and has the capability to guide the imaginations of others. Although he is blessed with a talent but still he has a dark secret in his life , because of his bet with the devil named Nick, in which Doctor won the immorality.

This deal was followed by two more, one was that, the doctor would use immorality for youth and second that Nick would be the guardian of his first born child, when he or she becomes sixteen. This film revolves around the journey of Parnassus, who wants to get rids of curses and utilize his energies in proper direction.

This film is produced by Samuel Hadida, Amy Gilliam and William Vince. The distribution rights were acquired by three organizations which includes Metropolitan export in France, Lionsgate in UK and Sony Pictures classics in US. This film is yet to hit the silver screens in US and Canada on 25th December 2009 and 8th January 2010. One of the biggest mistakes by Terry Gilliam is that the script had to many highs and lows, which was not entertaining but confusing. There are to many rotating tracks added in the plot to give it fresh look but still the content of the movie seems to very weak.

It is not only the script which has proved to be a limitation in this film but the screenplay also had some major flaws, which are not at all negligible. Although the genre of the film is not comedy but still , there are some unconvincing scenes and performances, which make it look like one.

Due to good packaging this movie received an average response, but the week script changed the fate of the movie at the box office. Among all the Upcoming Hollywood movies, a lot of expectations and millions were riding on this flick. Lets hope that all the, coming soon Hollywood movies do not disappoint the audiences any more.