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.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is simplistic to the point of absurdity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The film is simplistic to the point of absurdity.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Drab and strangely unfocused.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Drab and strangely unfocused.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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.

~ David Stanners -

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.

~ David Stanners -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

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.

~ Jennie Kermode -

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.

~ Jennie Kermode -

The English bits tend to drag dreadfully.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

The English bits tend to drag dreadfully.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

An outstanding achievement: a rich, dark and complex movie

~ Scott Macdonald -

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

~ Sarah Artt -

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

~ Sarah Artt -

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

~ Anton Bitel -

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

~ Anton Bitel -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

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

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -