12 Monkeys
January 1996
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
While all of Gilliam's movies are worth seeing, there's a fair amount of his designer grimness here mixed in with the cabaret comedy.
Variety Staff
Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King.
Geoff Andrew
Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing.
Emanuel Levy
Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre.
Janet Maslin
There's always overripe method to his madness, but in the new 12 Monkeys Mr. Gilliam's methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong.
Peter Travers
Bruce Willis, in an eruptive performance of startling emotional intensity, stars as Cole, a prisoner tagged for an experiment that may get him killed.
Critic reviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum
While all of Gilliam's movies are worth seeing, there's a fair amount of his designer grimness here mixed in with the cabaret comedy.
Variety Staff
Neither as visually compelling as Brazil nor as emotionally gripping as The Fisher King.
Geoff Andrew
Gilliam gives the material a lunatic poetry of his own, but remains impervious to the requirements of narrative pacing.
Emanuel Levy
Dark and somber like Blade Runner, this sci-fi is a spectacular mess, a convoluted film with too many ideas for its own good, blending (among other things) the virus thriller with the post-apocalyptic genre.
Janet Maslin
There's always overripe method to his madness, but in the new 12 Monkeys Mr. Gilliam's methods are uncommonly wrenching and strong.
Peter Travers
Bruce Willis, in an eruptive performance of startling emotional intensity, stars as Cole, a prisoner tagged for an experiment that may get him killed.
Kenneth Turan
Mystifying, intriguing, even infuriating, it shows what happens when an unconventional talent meets straightforward material.
User reviews
Good Movie, Low Volume It's very entertaining but for some reason I am found myself needing to boost the audio to the max. Not sure if it is due to the media or maybe something else.
A science-fiction classic This is one of my favorite science fiction movies of all time. Brad Pitt's performance is possibly the best of his career with a very believable character. You're really sucked into this story and you find yourself trying to find the truth among the threads.
Cast and credits
Actors | Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe, Christopher Plummer, Jon Seda, Joseph Melito |
Producers | Charles Roven |
Director | Terry Gilliam |
Writers | David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples |
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Start within 30 days, finish within 24 hours.
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Run time
129 minutes
Rating
R
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