No director has a more fertile imagination than Terry Gilliam. He knows how to come up with fanciful visuals and situations. The problem I have with the film is the principal actors. The kid isn't all that charismatic or endearing. I've never found David Rappaport to be a particularly good or likeable actor. I recognize Jack Purvis from another Gilliam film, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, where he was a much more interesting character. The film's saving grace is the supporting cast: Sean Connery as Agamemnon, David Warner as Evil, John Cleese as Robin Hood, Michael Palin and Shelley Duvall in small roles, and Ralph Richardson as a fussy English God. They're fun to watch. Ian Holm as Napoleon is very dull.
Review of Time Bandits
