This is a film that'll probably take a few views to see it's full potential. On first viewing it's a cutting attack on bureaucracy and the way it distracts us from what we are doing. You can hide anything with enough paperwork. It also presents the reality / dream dichotomy - in the end we are left struggling to decide what is real and what is merely the imagination; through this it shows that the mundanity of even our society is far from reality of Nature. Overall, it's very dark and obtuse.

Terry Gilliam just has a knack for creating surrealistic, dream-like futuristic worlds. I could watch the last 30 minutes or so over and over again. Gilliam creates the perfect nightmare. Not at all what I had imagined, but far exceeded my expectations. De Niro as Tuttle was also amusing. The overall feel and atmosphere of it was stunning and did circles around my head. It was nothing complicated, but the dream/nightmare-like feel was something I truly enjoyed. Great stuff from Gilliam.

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Classic, amazing, a little depressing.

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 wonderful satire looks incredible and has never been more relevant.

Absurd, dark, haunting, humorous, surreal, strange, and satirical. Must be a Terry Gilliam film.

This movie was a trip to watch. It was visually stunning and shows the wonderful imagination of Gillium at its best! I watched the director's cut which ran a little longer and that kind of ruined the pace a little bit. Other than that I think Brazil was brilliant.

Awful.

dystopia at its best.

one of the more intellectually stimulating films I've seen in a long time. Not the most engaging, perhaps in part due to the director's cut combining footage from the multiple versions of this film that were released to make a film presumably longer than any of the original theatrical versions.

Reminding me of Dark City