Official Website MPAA Rating: R Theater Release: 11/22/2006 Video Release: 5/15/2007 Buy it from Amazon: DVDVHS
Scenic Rumination on Death - By Jeffrey Chen What The Fountain communicates most clearly is not necessarily its themes nor, most conspicuously, its narrative. What the film does confirm is that its director, Darren Aronofsky, is a daring and imaginative visionary. This is no small compliment indeed. A... MORE >>
Requiem for the Ultimate Dream - By John P. McCarthy The zeitgeist is in filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's favor, and, in turn, The Fountain emerges as a stimulating gift to the times. In this dramatic fantasy, the writer-director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream creatively exploits the... MORE >>
Almost Painfully Beautiful - By Betty Jo Tucker Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain is an artistic masterpiece. This stunning, elegant movie co-stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz as characters representing eternal love and the battle between death and immortality. However, because it highlights such esoteric elements as mysticism,... MORE >>
