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
Munchausen (short film) chasing his car. The film closes on a shot of the mother's garden, now withered and dead, with the superhero figure in the center. After making "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" and "Beau" in 2011, writer-director Aster and producer De Leon were inspired by the films of Disney-Pixar, especially the poignant opening montage of "Up". The duo re-teamed with cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski to make "Munchausen", and started a successful crowdfunding campaign for the film in 2012, which raised $16,175. The film is named for the phenomenon of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, "a behavior pattern in which a caregiver deliberately