The Fountain (2006)

Awe-inspiring, spiritual, artistically and emotionally layered, and visually stunning! The previews only hint at the sublime (and subliminal) beauty of the scenes, the visual poetry of the overlays that link and interrelate scenes throughout this film, the sonorous texture of the soundtrack music, and the complex tapestry of the story as it unfolds and unravels across three eras -- from a terrestrial beginning to a cosmic rebirth. The visual effects are captivating and essential to the story so they are more than eye candy, they develop (and reveal) the plot. (They esp. convey and interrelate textures better than anything you've yet seen.) Hugh Jackman acts his heart out as a Spanish conquistador loyal to his queen, a modern-day cancer researcher with a stricken wife, and a Moby-like spacefarer to the stars. In each segment (intricately and integrally interwoven), Jackman's persona (and esp. his love interest) is running out of time. Rachel Weisz is a vision of beauty across the ages and conveys her persona's motivations adequately. This film is Contact, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Mission, and almost every epic movie rolled into one. It will blow you away. "We are all made of stars!" Five stars.