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The Fountain

Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: November 22, 2006

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51	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 36 Critic Reviews

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38

USA Today

Overflows with pretensions and absurdity. Read full review

33

Christian Science Monitor

Just because The Fountain is different doesn't mean it's good. In fact, it's borderline unwatchable, though this hasn't prevented the Oscar buzz from buzzing. Read full review

30

Wall Street Journal

Joe Morgenstern

I feel for the marketing person charged with devising a tagline for Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain, a fantasy whose turgid pretensions defy the very notion of marketing.

30

Chicago Reader

Meredith Brody

A pretentious, unfocused, and fussy mess, in which director Darren Aronofsky manages to make Hugh Jackman unattractive and unsympathetic… Even fans of Aronofsky's incoherent, flashy “Pi” and somewhat more coherent, flashy “Requiem for a Dream” will be scratching their heads. Read full review

25

San Francisco Chronicle

The Fountain' never comes together. Like the time traveler at its center, it's all over the map. Read full review

25

Philadelphia Inquirer

Has to be one of the nuttiest, sappiest (literally), most unintentionally hilarious spectacles to come down the time-travel turnpike in eons. Read full review

20

Austin Chronicle

Marjorie Baumgarten

Aronofsky's reach far exceeds his grasp with this film, and the muddle he concocts makes one wonder if there was ever a solid foundation for The Fountain. Hope may spring eternal, but this fountain is a dry hole. Read full review

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