I am very afraid to do this review because I love this movie. A guy I know at blockbuster recommended it to me when I told him I was in a cerebral mood. He told me about this great documentary that showed director Terry Gilliam's attempt to make his Don Quixote film, The Man who Killed Don Quixote. It was absolutely amazing to see the serious of calamities that befall this film that cause its eventual abandonment and they way it was delivered to us by the directors of the documentary was incredible.

We are introduced to Terry Gilliam (dir.- Fisher King) and his dream that has been Don Quixote for the previous ten years in his directing life. The film shows the basics of the beginnings of a production of the film. Yet throughout the first 40 minutes you are given hints of the disaster that is imminent with this movie. The production budget is at a bare minimum so if anything major happens, it will be difficult for them to finish the movie.

The directors of the documentary Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe did just a wonderful job of hiding what happens to the production of the movie. Granted, they were not originally shooting a documentary about the collapse of a movie, but they could have very easily given the ending away in the first five minutes. Not so much that the movie isn't made, we know that, but more of how serious the disasters were in the making of the film. I assume it has to be a directors worst nightmare for any one of these events to happen but all three is just amazing.

Since it's a documentary you cant comment on the acting, but I will say to the women who like Johnny Depp, he was cast in the movie, if you want to get a little taste of what the person, Johnny Depp, is like, at least in front of the camera, then you might want to pick up the movie to watch. There is also a twenty minute interview with him on the bonus disc and it was interesting to watch. He has issues keeping his cigarette lit though.

If you have a desire to get into filmmaking or want to know the behind the scenes look of a movie that goes terribly wrong, then this is the movie for you. It was nominated for several British awards and won only one, but this is just a great documentary to watch. I can't stop watching it because I continue to hope that even though I know what is going to happen, it doesn't so I can see the production of the movie. If that doesn't describe a good movie, I don't know what does.

Brian - the Naked Gun