The Fisher King
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Movie Reviews of The Fisher King
Movie Review: One of my top 5 movies
Summary: 5 Stars
Somehow I managed to miss The Fisher King in its first run theatre edition. My wife and I went to see a different film several years ago and it was surprisingly playing as a double-feature, and to this day I was so struck by this film that I can't remember what the other film was we originally went to see. The Fisher King is a remarkable achievement and tremendously uplifting. It expresses one of the universe's great truths: a being is only as valuable as he can help others. The point where a person feels he cannot help or is a detriment to others is where he begins to die. Jeff Bridge's character can only redeem himself and his life when he proves to himself that he can actually help Robbin Williams' character. While it might be argued that the film is too pat or simplistic in dealing with the issues of insanity -- that's not the message of the film. It's not meant to be a documentary statement. It is an artistic statement and delivers a very important message for our modern culture, that the ability and willingness to help those around you is what makes self-respect possible. If you have an excessively cynical nature you will probably have little time for this film. At the same time, this is a film that would be the best thing for you to watch at least 3 or 4 times back to back until you get the message. I rate The Fisher King as one of my top 5 favorite films of all time and recommend it highly.Movie Review: The journey homeward...
Summary: 5 Stars
A breathtakingly beautiful film. The Fisher King is one of the most perfectly executed movies of all time, from the stunning and highly imaginative screenplay to the haunting quality of the direction and the sheer genius of Williams and Bridges, who both turned in the performance of a lifetime. Add to that a supporting cast made in heaven and you basically can't go wrong.While the film succeeds brilliantly even as a basic story of star-crossed individuals working out their joint karma, it is the concept of the soul's journey homeward that drives the deeper levels of The Fisher King.
As Barbara G. Walker and others have pointed out, the Grail is actually a representation of the Womb of the Great Mother, from which we all came, and to which we shall all return. Like Finnegan and Bloom/Ulysses, The Fisher King's two heroes find salvation in the simplicity of surrender and in the almost Faustian embracing of the Sacred Feminine, as embodied by the two female leads. Carrie Moss's Trinity (The Triple Goddess) also provides this transcendent nurturing to Keanu Reeves's character in The Matrix.
If you were to buy The Fisher King, The Matrix, Groundhog Day and Jacob's Ladder, you would have in your possession some of the most profound philosophical insights in the history of the human race.
A true masterpiece. Dang, it even features a cameo by Tom Waits.
Movie Review: The encounter of two solitudes!
Summary: 5 Stars
You may find the loneliness even in the most unexpected places; the question is how to deal with it. A famous radius talk show is the indirect causing of a tragedy that eventually will lead him to verge of the alcoholism.
The crucial encounter with a dream maker, a lonely person who undertakes an absurd search of the Holy Grail in New York city will be the premise for Terry Gilliam, who consolidated still more his personal status as one of the most prolific and innovative filmmakers of the world.
Outstanding tour de force performances of all the cast: Mercedes Ruehl is superb; Robin Williams delirious as always and Jeff Bridges in the best role of his career until this date.
In my personal list of the top fifty films of the decade there are two works of Gilliam; this one and naturally, 12 Monkees.
A majuscule work that allows not only to reconcile us with the Great Cinema but besides and perhaps most important yet, with the life, an additional proof the Cinema is an Art by itself, but only when the camera is an eye in the mind of a poet, and this is, precisely the case.
A golden gem!
Movie Review: The mind is an amazing thing!
Summary: 5 Stars
After losing his beloved wife in a horrible shooting, a former college professor played by Robin Williams, reinvents himself. After coming out of a catatonic state, he becomes Parry, living in the basement of the apartment building where he and his wife had resided. He is a friend to the homeless and saves the life of Jack Lucas a disc jockey whose vitriolic diatribe sent one of his listeners over the edge. The listener is the guy who shoots up the bar where Parry and his wife were. After this happens Lucas becomes an alcoholic being supported by his long suffering girlfriend played by Mercedes Ruehl (in an Oscar winning role). His connection with Parry saves them both. The human mind is an incredible thing. Every time Parry thinks about his wife or happiness with a woman he has fallen in love with, he hallucinates a "red knight" who chases him on a horse. He becomes hysterical with fear. He can't "be" anyone but Parry, his mind won't allow it. Its self-preservation. Robin Williams is one of those rare actors who can make you laugh and cry at the same time. I wish I could give this film more than five stars.
Movie Review: Another incredible performance by Robin Williams
Summary: 5 Stars
I read somewhere some time ago that Robin Williams only sports a beard in dramas. Truthfully,this film is a dramatic comedy. So like AWAKENINGS,MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON and GOOD WILL HUNTING,he sports a beard in this film. Williams is a homeless widower who is befriended by Jack(Jeff Bridges),a radio personality. Mercedes Ruehl plays Lydia,Jack's live-in girlfriend. Williams' character lost his wife to an explosion that occurred in a bar/restaurant they were at one night. Memorable scenes include Williams' character stripping in the dark in the middle of Central Park then dancing naked. Jack said when he witnessed this,"I should be surprised. I'm not surprised. I'm out of my f---ing mind!". That particular scene was actually X-rated. That scene was either deleted from the over-the-air/basic TV version or the barely visible sexual organ was blurred. Also,Williams,Bridges and Ruehl eating out at a Chinese restaurant. Williams even meets and falls in love with a cute girl(Amanda Plummer). He tells her in one scene,"I have a hard-on for you the size of Florida!" Great film!