An OK movie by an OK director

With everyone saying things like, "This is Gilliam's best!" and "Gilliam has outdone himself!", you'd think this movie is going to be the best thing since sliced bread. This is a very simple movie with a very simple plot. As the plot begins to unfold, it's like a slow let-down, gradually disappointing you more and more until you reach the end. Then, instead of saving you from total disappointment, this lethargic film continues to lull any unsuspecting victims to sleep. It really looks like the director went with the whole "Army of the 12 Monkeys" thing right up until the end, until he couldn't figure out how to tie it all together, so he just changed the whole ending into something very boring and drab, like a joke with no punchline.

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