Criterion gives Gilliam’s dark children’s tale a jolly good UHD upgrade.
It’s seen many home-video releases over the years, but Criterion’s Blu-ray finally gives the film the package it deserves.
It’s difficult to discern precisely where this all went wrong, and even more difficult to speculate about possible improvements.
As far as Blu-ray releases of adaptations of The Mikado go, the Criterion Collection’s is sufficiently decayed.
An underwhelming Blu-ray to remind viewers that the problems with Terry Gilliam’s recent films are not an entirely new development.
The latest toy from George Lucas’s soulless Star Wars factory is at least better than The Phantom Menace.