Just because something is different and weird doesn't mean its brilliant. I fail to see how this is so highly rated by all.

Gilliam's powerful Orwellian satire. Even a bit (as usual) clumsy on the technical side, the thought-provocativeness flows like a torrent. A must for political wannabes.

This movie takes a few watches to grasp the subtle brilliance of Terry Gilliam. There is so much packed into each shot. I guess the best way to describe this is an experience more than a story. Visually stunning, thought provoking and totally discussable for a long time afterwards.

Gilliam's best film; a brilliantly imaginative vision brought to the screen by a master of the weird and disturbing. Its bureaucracy-dominated future hits close to home with satirical sharpness. Gilliam's main strength is in social comedy, wacky characters and dialogue, and the little visual details which lurk in the corner of every scene. The downfall is his predilection for loud and messy action sequences, which he is not that good at. Too long but never boring; a highly memorable experience.

Brazil is Gilliam at his big-budget scatterbrained best, a movie that features his strengths while also playing host to his weaknesses. Namely, when viewed as a collection of scenes, Brazil is brilliant. His penchant for visual design is front and center, with tight, claustrophobic spaces dominated by vast, unwieldy ducts is probably the most memorable part of the movie. As a coherent movie, however, it loses points for being, like all his work, scattered in plotting. Still damn good, though.

fascinating

Has some extremeley funny moments but a little to self indulgent at times.

An expensive, wild, overlong, hit-or-miss Orwellian satire