ThiefHott Too much of everything

Pluskylang Great Film overall

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

krocheav There will always be those who gravitate towards a movie simply because it appears to be a little different to the norm. The Fisher King is a classic example. Terry Gilliam can't help himself, he just has to be overly flamboyant even when it's unnecessary. His over-the-top-over-everything approach tends to ruin this story. He batters the viewer with extreme violence, pathos, inept humour (often out of place), attempts at arty-deep-and-meaningful dialogue, and gaudy imagery.Here, he's desperately trying to top his earlier off-the-wall 'Brazil' but this time, it's all looking just too obvious and gets in the way of the story. In fact, often the story is even sacrificed for the sake of a relentless array of garish visual styles. This is all good for those who see this as genius but, not everyone will be willing to indulge him for well over two Hours. At times even the performers seem bemused as to their motivations. Every story element tends to be trodden over twice - just in case you did not get it the first time - so, that's double the violence and outlandishness till it peters out in the end. Trouble is, many of the audience will peter out well before this and that's unfortunate, as the story has some worthwhile elements.If you relish Gilliam this is a feast for you - if not, run for cover and don't look back....

gavin6942 A former radio DJ named Jack (Jeff Bridges), suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man (Robin Williams) who was an unwitting victim of that mistake.I have been aware of this film a long time, though I never really knew what it was about. With Jeff Bridges and Terry Gilliam, it was more or less guaranteed to be good. And sure enough, it takes what could be a sappy romance and makes it something much, much more.One has to talk about the Red Knight. Although he does not show until two-thirds of the way into the film, this is when you know it is a Gilliam movie. The imagery and oddness really fit the man's vision.

nandowassink The Fisherking At school we watched a movie in class. It was the movie "The Fisherking". It is a movie about jack who becomes very good friends with an sort of homeless guy parry. Jack feels guilty for the lost of parry wife. And to feel less guilty jack helps parry in his search for the holy grail. The Fisherking is a movie based on the story of the knight parzival. It is a part of the parzival story brought in a nowadays jacket. In the beginning of the movie I thought it was a little bit slow and boring but a little later in the movie it became very nice and not boring at all. The role of jack is played by Jeff Bridges. The role of Parry is played by the great actor Robin Williams, who sadly past away in 2014. Robin Williams plays the roll of parry perfect. In the movie he really becomes parry. But also Jeff bridges plays the role of jack very good. The Fisherking is a mix of drama with also a lot of humor. It is a very good movie with a real strong and good story. I highly recommend this movie. That's why my rating for this movie is an 8 out of 10.

bsbulldogs It had been a couple of years since I last watched this film and I must say I have found more appreciation for it since. Redemption is a strong theme of this film as it tells the story of a shock jock, who becomes suicidal after a listener he offended going on a murderous rampage and in order to redeem himself, helps a homeless man who was affected by the tragedy. Jeff Bridges is one of the stars in this underrated dramedy, playing shock jock Jack Lucas who comes across as arrogant and obnoxious but starts to show a softer side as the film progresses. The other star of the film is the incomparable Robin Williams who plays Parry, a mentally disturbed homeless man who has hallucinations about knights and believes himself to be on the quest for the "Holy Grail". The acting in this movie is top notch as the cast give close to career best performances, Jeff Bridges proves he is truly an underrated actor from his generation and Robin Williams perfectly blends his dramatic and comedic sides here to give one of his best all-round performances. Most people see Williams in more strictly funny roles like Mrs Doubtfire, Patch Adams and the like but he is one heck of a good actor, one of the best comedic actors of all time. Amanda Plummer sort of plays against type in this movie as Lydia by not playing her usual crazy woman roles (ie. Pulp Fiction) but in a way, it is Mercedes Ruehl who steals the show as Anne Napolitano, the girlfriend of Jack who is not just eye candy but is almost like a voice of reason to him. Speaking of Ruehl, she fascinated me as I always used to wonder why she won an Oscar for this role but not every Oscar winning role needs a member of the audience to feel sad or cry, she does the opposite by making me laugh and bringing deeper meaning to her character which is hard to do in a comedy. And of course, credit must go to Terry Gilliam who strikes gold with this modernistic take on an Arthurian tale and is personally the mastermind of weird movies such as this. But whoever said weird was bad? If you think so, I suggest you take time to appreciate "weirdness" such as this.