Interesting, meandering movie about mental illness starring Ryan Phillippe. We get to see both sides of things, the real and the fictitious (a baroque Victorian, dystopian world with no separation between church and state). The movies of Terry Gilliam come to mind and the plot uses a "story lines coming together" device, to good effect.
Of course, the fictitious world is much more interesting. That made me feel strange because that's the world we're not supposed to identify with.
The cinematography is superb, as well as the acting. But the movie is so obtuse, I'm not surprised it didn't do too well. In fact, I didn't really enjoy the movie until the last 15 minutes. Still, you have to have everything that has gone before it to make those last few scenes be worthwhile and meaningful.
One thumb up.
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