The Fall

A strange combination of sweet and surreal, The Fall is two parts Pan's Labyrinth, one part The Princess Bride plus a pinch of Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain) thrown in for good measure. The director Tarsem, whose last film The Cell was equally visually compelling, succeeds this time around in engaging his audience without mining such terrifying and disturbing terrain. Shot at 26 locations in 18 different countries, The Fall is a visually stunning and totally transportive cinematic experience. Lee Pace (Pushing Daises) plays both heroic and pathetic as a masked bandit and a disabled and depressed stuntman; his co-star, the ridiculously adorable Catinca Untaru is the soul of the movie. The fantastical adventure that these two characters embark on together is tremendously fun to watch, while the story it parallels - a tale of two lonely and reluctant-to-heal hospital patients forming a new friendship is astonishingly moving. --Kira.amazon.com