This movie is quite good. Tom Waits was possibly the best devil I've ever seen on film, rivaling Tim Curry in Legend. While they did the best they could with Ledger's death, I was particularly disappointed with Johnny Depp. That said, I really did like Colin Farrell and thought that using him for the last bit was a good choice. Also Lily Cole is insanely hot. Definitely worth your time if you are into a Gilliam type experience.

Wow!

Its heart was in the right place but its mind was elsewhere. Lily Cole was genuine, Tom Waits was understated and Depp blended right in but everyone else acted like deer in headlights. Overall it just feels like Gilliam was sick to his stomach and really need this enema to purge his system. Never pleasant to go through or look at afterward but it does make you feel better.

Classic Gilliam, but Ledger's death derailed it a little bit

The Imaginarium clearly falls apart after Heath Ledger's untimely death, leading to a ridiculously pieced together finale featuring Colin Farrell as the hands-down-worst of the four Heath Ledger fill ins.

Make of it what you will but TIODP is a grossly engaging film with some fine performances and a plot which oozzs originality. One of 2009's best films for me. ...not too sure on Lily Cole though..

So weird that you have to like it despite all its shortcomings. Any movie with Waits, Plummer and Gilliam directing is movie worth watching despite severe pacing problems, weird shifts in tone and subpar acting from some of the involved (Jude Law, I'm looking at you). I'd like another movie with Waits as The Devil. Please? Somebody? Anybody?

I think the parts in which Depp, Law & Farrell stood in for Ledger worked well, but I would've liked more character development for this part. All in all, it has its shortcomings, but it's a wonderful film nonetheless. And Tom Waits as the devil was a brilliant casting choice.

Clever, but a bit long.