Genre:  Adventure / Fantasy / Comedy Overview: Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his gifted servants. Robin's performance   actors performance   directors vision   story   action aspect   comedy aspect   art design   special effects   music   reviewers tilt

First Time: 9.3 Oscar! Repeated: 8.8 great

This is a great movie based on a very good book. Which is an accomplishment on itself.
It's directed and written by Terry Gilliam who is simply put a genius.
The movie is a grand fantastic adventure that is entertaining and funny.
There are also some rather wonderful satiric moments in it, that show some of today's problems.
Like the part with god Volcan, where he describes nuclear bomb.
Robin performance as Moon's King is hysterical, and the whole thing with detachable heads has a fun philosophical play to it.
All in all this movie can be equally enjoyed by adults and children, as well as the ones who read the book and who didn't.

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