i'm not crazy..... he says right after eating a spider

The most mainstream film Gilliam has probably made, but also one of his best. Whilst the central mystery of how a deadly virus is unleashed on the world is compelling, it's Bruce Willis that holds the most attention, and whilst the ending is telegraphed well before, it's the journey to that end that becomes the most important part of the film and Willis makes the audience care about his character's fate. One of the best time travel stories ever made!

I like the part where you get to doubt ...

Madeleine Stowe in her best form. ♥

The beginning is promising and the ending is open and makes one think. Unfortunately the middle part is too weird for my taste and I find it not very believable (e.g. that James accidentally lands in the same psychiatry as the twelve monkeys leader does, that later on Dr. Railly just happens to recognizes the assistant with the virus at the airport or that James has the first WW bullet still in his leg in the Year 1996. Did they send him first to France in WW I and then directly to 1996 and if so, why is that?).

An absolutely brilliant movie. It doesn't try to be too much. The hero isn't some superhuman. He's flawed, and far from perfect. There's a lot going on, and it just all comes together so well. So tragically. So cleverly.

I am not sure why I wanted to watch this again but I am glad I did. It's a movie you probably have to see more than once. I remember being put off by the style the first time and found it rather boring. I am still not a huge fan of the style but I love the story. [spoiler] Time traval paradox is always mind bogling if you wrap your mind around it [/spoiler]

What a good movie. I've seen this before, It was better than the first time around.

The first movie that was pressed on DVD :)
Time goes on.

Oh, and yeah, great movie with a weird ending.

9/10

Gilliam's masterpiece of madness. 12 Monkeys is a darkly lavish spectacle of a film brimming with brilliance.

Still wanted a happy ending.. But it's okay, I guess you can't change the past, can you?

Well, at least he saved the future, even if he couldn't save himself.

That was fantastic experience..Not ur typical time travel movie....not quite sure it's a masterpiece but sure entertaining as hell...Brad pitt's acting was spot on!!.

Germs? Uh-huh. In the eighteenth century, no such thing, nada, nothing. No one ever imagined such a thing. No sane person, anyway...Ah! Ah! Along comes this doctor, uh, uh, uh..Semmelweis..Semmelweis.. Semmelweis comes along. He's trying to convince people, well, other doctors mainly, that's there's these teeny tiny invisible bad things called germs that get into your body and make you sick. Ah? He's trying to get doctors to wash their hands. What is this guy? Crazy? Teeny, tiny, invisible? What do you call it? Uh-uh, germs? Huh? What? Now, cut to the 20th century. Last week, as a matter of fact, before I got dragged into this hellhole. I go in to order a burger in this fast food joint, and the guy drops it on the floor. Jim, he picks it up, he wipes it off, he hands it to me like it's all OK. "What about the germs?" I say. He says, "I don't believe in germs. Germs is just a plot they made up so they can sell you disinfectants and soaps." Now he's crazy, right? See? Ah! Ah! There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion. You... you... you believe in germs, right?

Strange time travel/apocalyptic plot with a number of twists and turns. The story was challenging and while it moved slowly it does sustain the viewer's interest. This is largely because the relationship between Madeline Stowe and Bruce Willis and their performances are really the best thing about this film.

I know no one wants to read my thoughts on a 25-year-old film, but what a film to watch with all this C-19 around.
The film perfectly depicts time travel as well as cause and effect.

I like how the film leads you to believe Bruce Willis' character is insane. Also, Mr. Willis' work in this film demonstrates that he is more than just an action hero. And what a fantastic performance by Brad Pitt, who won his first Academy Award as a result of this film.

It plays out like a William Burroughs’ novel, dystopian, dreamy, crude, but not as disjointed.

Perhaps I had insane expectations going in, but I was rather disappointed and don't fully understand the hype for this movie. The concept was right up my alley; sent from the future to warn humanity of its upcoming extinction, but felt it was quite poorly executed and I was a bit bored at times watching it. The ending was a nice surprise and I loved seeing Brad Pitt executing his role but aside from that I wasn't overly impressed.

Who watching this because of Covid19?

Nothing spoils a Christmas like the Army of the 12 Monkeys. Presenting one of the most challenging and intriguing perspectives on time-travel, Twelve Monkeys tackles issues of time paradoxes, alternative time-lines, and predestination. Set in a dystopian future where humanity is forces to live underground, a group of scientists, using criminals as test subjects, sent James Cole back in time to collect information about the virus that wiped out most of humanity and made the surface uninhabitable, but Cole soon becomes confused about what’s real and what isn’t. Both Bruce Willis and Madeleine Stowe give strong performances, but it’s Brad Pitt’s performance that’s the most captivating (stealing every scene he’s in). And, Paul Buckmaster’s score does a great job at setting an eerie and foreboding tone. Twelve Monkeys is a bold film that’s dark and complex, yet is fully engaging, with a provocative story that challenges audiences (and continues to on repeated viewing).