The Adventures of Baron Münchausen
9,283
Fantasy. Adventure
Baron Munchausen is a character of European myth that might be considered the predecessor of American tales of Pecos Bill or Paul Bunyan. The Baron's stories are taken to be outrageous and fanciful lies. This is the origin of the name of the psychiatric diagnosis of "Munchausen's Syndrome", a particularly bizzare form of hypochondria.
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United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "Some of the effects in this movie are actually quite wonderful (...) The wit and the spectacle of 'Baron Munchausen' are considerable achievements (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
United States | The Washington Post | "[A] brilliantly inventive epic of fantasy and satire." | POS |
United States | Chicago Tribune | "A beautiful, burgeoning, madly voluptuous movie from minute to minute and image to image" | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "'Baron Munchausen'' is full of moments that dazzle (...) Nothing much happens, but you can't easily tear your eyes away from it" | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "Gilliam has a vision and a viewpoint, and he puts it on screen with an extravagance, a humanistic generosity and a visual imagination that make it a standout in 1989's virtual cinematic vacuum" | POS |
United Kingdom | Empire | "A vivid and extraordinary, if not wholly satisfying, epic (...) Weird to the Gilliamth degree (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)" | NEU |
United States | USA Today | "Excesses or not, I'm rabid to see this again" | POS |
Canada | Screen Anarchy | "It is visual treat for anyone who might pay attention to its story of the Baron’s grand last hurrah" | POS |
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