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Lost In La Mancha (2003) Rank 2 Reviews
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BluntReview.com (Emily Blunt)
Film Freak Central Review (Walter Chaw)
TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The film should be required viewing for all aspiring filmmakers, but the story's road-accident appeal is universal. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at TV Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Interesting but nothing spectacular, the film is relatively easy enough to sit through, but isn't quite as insightful and certainly not as entertaining as I had been led to believe. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Boxoffice Magazine (Mark Keizer)
A frank and fascinating spectacle, as one man's 10-year cinematic odyssey painfully disintegrates. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Mark Keizer)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
The film should be required viewing for all aspiring filmmakers, but the story's road-accident appeal is universal. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Lost may not be a great piece of filmmaking, but it is a great story; its directors display dramatic intelligence. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
filmcritic.com (Nick Schager)
Alternately entertaining and depressing account of Gilliam's failed attempt to film his Quixote opus. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at filmcritic.com (Nick Schager)
Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
Adds another layer of thought on just how these ups and downs occur in the career of a such a brilliant, capable director. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Sacramento News & Review (Mark Halverson)
rec.arts.movies.reviews (Mark R. Leeper)
Los Angeles Alternative (Jay Antani)
entertaining without always being compelling ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Los Angeles Alternative (Jay Antani)
eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
A frank look at a filmmaking disaster. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Gilliam himself is a joy to behold. His wit stays sharp even as his fortunes dull, and the conditions that conspire against him only prove the mettle in our man of La Mancha. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
I'd like Lost in La Mancha more if it didn't take the easy but misleading route of dovetailing Gilliam's frustrations into Welles's, and then dovetailing both into Quixote's. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Newsday (John Anderson)
Unfortunately, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe have made rather underwhelming work of Gilliam's overwhelming problems. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Newsday (John Anderson)
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
It seems more suited to the "extras" side of a DVD than a theatrical release. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Long Island Press (Jon Lap)
From a puritanical perspective, the genius that is the chronicle is undermined by the laxity of the execution. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at Long Island Press (Jon Lap)
Projectionist (Sean Caszatt)
About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
Seeing Gilliam's vision falter is simply painful and joyless. ...read the complete Lost In La Mancha movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)
User Reviews
by G. Merritt on January 16, 2008
This film reminds me of Les Blank's Burden of Dreams, a documentary about the many hardships director Werner Herzog encountered in making Fitzcarraldo. Many directors have tried to adapt Don Quixote to film, and at least several (Orsen Welles, for ...
by Anonymous "Anonym... on September 16, 2007
I loved this film because it really takes you behind the scenes of how a movie is really made, if a normal film is just half as hard as this than any movie that makes the screen is a miracle.
I wanted to send Terry Gilliam a sympathy letter and ...
by John Farr "The Be... on July 20, 2007
The tragic, comic lesson of "Lost in La Mancha": On most any major film production, even the combined presence of talent, inspiration, and hard work will fall short if fate conspires to intervene. The visionary Gilliam (director of "Brazil," "12 ...
by tvtv3 "tvtv3" on February 23, 2006
There have been many films made that have never been released. There have been many films that started to get made, but that were forced to shut done for one reason or another. However, until LOST IN LA MANCHA there had never been a film about the ...
by myownme777 on September 05, 2005
Terry Gilliam is undoubtedly one of the greatest and most visionistic fimmakers of all-time.With that said it breaks my heart seeing this documentary but am glad i did.It's about gilliams attempt in making The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,a movie that the ...
by trojanas "trojana... on October 20, 2004
to enable him to complete his movie and i don't even like the story of Don Quixote that much! But what very little of the Gilliam's Don Quixote we are able to see of the movie is enough to left one hungry for more (which makes La Mancha worth buying all ...
by Jason Preu "He Wh... on June 18, 2004
OH! The pieces of film the documentary shows is alone worth the price. The clips of Gilliam's film look gorgeous. Watching the making and unmaking of this creation is compelling viewing. ...
by Robert Moore on May 16, 2004
This is a fascinating but ultimately heartbreaking disaster movie clothed as a documentary about a failed attempt by Terry Gilliam of Monty Python and BRAZIL fame to make the film THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE. It is also a highly informative glimpse ...
by Mercy Bell on February 27, 2004
Poor Terry Gilliam. He spends time, money, energy, and I'm sure eaten a lot of antacids, and it comes to naught. But I guess the worse part is not being able to fulfill his dream. For the uber-creative director of many marvelous films, including personal ...
by Brandon DiSabatin... on November 25, 2003
I viewed this movie with slight trepidation, as Gilliam's last directorial outing was his least successful (Fear and Loathing). However, I gradually allowed myself to be subverted into enjoying this atrocious account of Don Quixote's film adaptation. ...
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