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At the beginning, wit ricochets off the walls [then] the movie loses its spark.

The true fault lies with the script, which brings no life to the real, or indeed fantasy, characters.

Go, to enjoy the expensive shots of Venice and its spectacular interiors and the camped up performances from Irons, Ledger and Platt.

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

The English bits tend to drag dreadfully.

If the story of a stranger arriving to try and save a beautiful young woman sounds like a familiar fairytale, beware - this is Gilliam's work after all, and nothing is quite as it seems.

A beautifully shot, brilliantly acted incoherent mess, ranking up there with David Lynch’s Inland Empire as one of the most inscrutable films of the year.

What matters more is whether this mixture of stunt riding spectacle and tongue-in-cheek works. Surprisingly, it does. Almost.

The narrative pushes along at a reasonable pace... but only really picks up when the boys start becoming famous, which makes and breaks their future careers.

Berry is open to the wounds of a role that stretches her beyond anything she has done before.

Drab and strangely unfocused.

The film is simplistic to the point of absurdity.

This is so far off the map, it should be funny, but Ledger keeps a straight face and for a moment you might be forgiven for thinking he believes in what he does.