The Zero Theorem
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves
17 July 1981, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France
8 October 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
26 September 1985, Bucharest, Romania
12 December 1996, New York City, New York, USA
27 August 1953, Kumla, Örebro län, Sweden
25 December 1956, Târgu-Mures, Mures, Romania
27 November 1987, Bucharest, Romania
12 April 1981, Baia Mare, Romania
19 August 1942, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK
6 July 1992, Bucharest, Romania
31 October 1963, Ealing, London, England, UK
27 December 1987, Torquay, Devon, England, UK
15 September 1987, Bucharest, Romania
4 August 1941, Cernauti, Cernauti, Romania
28 October 1978, Sussex, England, UK
21 April 1987, Bucharest, Romania
February 03, 2015
Qohen and Bainsley are quirkily interesting though being little more than cyphers. And as in any Gilliam picture, there are some crazy flights of fancy, but this one is never grounded enough to come alive.
December 29, 2014
Produced quickly on a slight budget, 'The Zero Theorem' devolves into a dead end that asks that old question: Is that all there is?
March 26, 2016
The ultimate irony of this film is that it revolves around the old thematic chestnut of pointless existence, yet ultimately finds little reason for its own.
September 22, 2014
There is something so generous and so full-hearted in this profusion that to complain seems churlish, but "The Zero Theorem" has a bothersome ratio of misses to hits.
June 18, 2016
While it doesn't match his previous masterpieces, it frequently manages to recapture the anti-authoritarian spirit and whirling dervish quality of his best work.
September 19, 2014
This "Theorem" is all sizzle, zero steak.
September 25, 2014
Gives one the sense that the ex-Monty Python-ite thinks he's at a filmmaker version of the Last Chance Saloon, manufacturing and recycling as fast as he can.
July 14, 2015
Little of this has any dramatic interest; it's full of bits of sour whimsy.
September 25, 2014
It's bursting with Gilliam's trademark manic energy, but the focus and execution are so soft that that energy ends up derailing the film instead of invigorating it.
March 16, 2017
For a film about connections, Gilliam makes it too hard for his audience to connect.
October 09, 2014
Say this for Terry Gilliam: Even when he repeats himself, he's unique.
