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FOUNTAIN

Director:

  Darren Aronofsky
  

Year Released:

  2006

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3.5 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Hugh Jackman
  Rachel Weisz
  Ellen Burstyn
  Donna Murphy
  Ethan Suplee
Movie Haiku:Cancer-specialist (Jackman) collapses under the strain as his beautiful young wife (Weisz) succumbs to a brain tumor. Jan took everything as present-tense & was deeply moved, whereas Rich lost patience with the pseudo-Mayan jungle scenes & "New Age" time travel.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2006