The Adventures of Baron Munchausen in his eye, by the grand John Neville." Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and found that it was "told with a cheerfulness and a light touch that never betray the time and money it took to create them", appreciating "the sly wit and satire that sneaks in here and there from director Terry Gilliam and his collaborators, who were mostly forged in the mill of "Monty Python"". While considering the film's special effects as "astonishing", Ebert also contended "the movie is slow to get off the ground" and "sometimes the movie fails on the basic
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote a clearer story. Terry's done a lot of rewrites – and he's had a lot of time to do rewrites." After Gilliam found new producers, he started production once again. Driver and Kurylenko were still attached as Grisoni and the female lead, with Pryce cast as Don Quixote. Pryce had previously starred in Gilliam's films "Brazil" (1985), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), and "The Brothers Grimm" (2005), and was also cast in the original 2000 production of "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" in a different role. Gilliam stated, "Jonathan has been wanting to [play Quixote] for 15 years