Movie Review of The Fisher King

Movie Review of The Fisher King

Jack, a cynical Manhattan disc jockey plunges into a

suicidal depression when one of his outrageous comments

inspires a crazed listener to shoot seven people in a

fashionable nightspot. Redemption comes in the form of a

derelict, ex-history professor named Parry whose wife was one

of those killed by the sniper. Parry heads a gang of loony

homeless people in the search for what he believes to be the

Holy Grail. Jack helps Parry in his quest and in the process

finds what he had been looking for, too.

Hero’s Journey

The movies main two characters Jack and Parry go

through the hero’s journey of departure, fulfillment, and

return. Parry brought Jack in to his subconscious world of red

knights and midget people, and freewill. The two men departed

in to the real world in search of their identity and to save their

sanity. Parry’s fulfillment was when he was in the hospital

after having been beat up. He went in to a non-responsive

coma of sorrow. Jack, then went and stole the Holy grail that

Parry had continuously asked him to retrieve and brought it to

Parry which helped him concur the dark, pain and sorrow that

lay with in him from the tragic death of his wife. He returned

from his journey a new free spirited man.

Parry’s journey relates a lot to the myth “ The Briar

Roses”. Parry is in a deep sleep and can only be woken when

the Holy Grail is retrieved and given to him. Kind of like how

the sleeping beauty can only be woken from her sleep by a

kiss. While in his deep sleep he is concurring his depressing

and sorrow of the death of his wife. As did the sleeping beauty

mature in to a women....

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...ck met and helped another bum who was a friend of

Parry’s. Later on in the movie when it looks like he has his life

of fame back and he is once again on the radio, he sees this

man in trouble and he turns his back on him like he does not

know who he is. In the beginning of the movie Jack values

money, and fame, and alcohol. Later in the movie he learns to

value friends, relationships, love, and life. He learns to love

gain when he gets back together with Anne, and Parry teaches

him to appreciate friends.

All the issues in the film were resolved. Jack returned to

radio after a time of trying to find out who he was , which he

succeeded in doing with the help of Parry. Parry finally put to

rest his past darkness and sorrow and found someone to

share his life with. I thougth it was a good movie and give it 3

stars.