Not sure what to think
I just watched this. As a long-time Gilliam fan (most of his films are among my top 20 favourites), I still found this one hard to watch. It certainly had his trademark zany and wild qualities. That being said though, I wasn't really sure what was going on here, either artistically or otherwise. I see the attempt to make it a sort of modern Alice in Wonderland, with the girl metaphorically "going down the rabbit hole" after her life around her crumbles due to her junkie parents. But other than that, it seemed to me like basically two hours of a little girl wandering around. She did a great job, and it certainly attests to the power of childrens' imaginations, but I think in comparison to Gilliam's other films, this one is definitely "sub par" for me. Anyway, I will still have to give it another shot some day in the future and see if I feel the same, but I have to say this one left me scratching my head. I didn't really enjoy it, I didn't really dislike it, and I didn't really know what to make of it. Basically, I was left with a sort of bewilderment, and am not even sure what I think of it. It definitely didn't keep me hooked the way his other films do (on several occasions I found my mind wandering off), but it still had some very dark and interesting quality to it. Anyone else feel the same?
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