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...main themes (hence the title of the film). It can be an enjoyable challenge to connect the three time periods and determine how they interact and work with the overall story. When that proves too laborious, however, the various settings do stand on their own. Even if the story disappoints??€”some viewers will ultimately be alienated by the abrupt time jumps and gratuitous profundity—there are plenty of elements which make this film much more than just another hit-or-miss Sci-Fi drama. For one, the acting by Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz is exceptional...

Author: By James F. Collins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: "The Fountain" | 11/16/2006 | See Source »

...mystery-solving exchange student in Toyko, Bill Pullman as Peter, an ill-fated professor and Grace Zabriskie as Emma, an elderly woman who’s either a heavy heroin addict or a precog. Except for Zabriskie reinventing the doped-up old woman role, the rest of the cast disappoints??€”especially Gellar. Sure, she can wield a wooden stake, seduce her brother and spot Scooby Doo like no one else, but Gellar just can’t handle the role of horror heroine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Reviews | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

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