The Zero Theorem

"Ends up dissolving into a muddle of unfunny jokes and half-baked ideas, all served up with that painful, herky-jerky Gilliam rhythm."

"A candy-coloured paranoid nightmare: not quite Gilliam's best, but still the most satisfying movie he's made for years."

"A lo-fi, future-tech farce with an air of high-end cyber panto."

"A Phil-Spector-type wall of zane. But The Zero Theorem basically defeated me."

"Gilliam is so busy shaping every visual element that his female lead has about as much depth as one of his clever props. Has an air of furious invention that cannot quite mask a disappointment with the world..."

"Something of a roller coaster and fairly bumpy, the ride is the problem here."

"It's the tangle of workings-out not the easy answer that are the proof of a theorem, and that magnificent, sparkling, insightful chaos abounds here."