Driving by the miserable childhood he has, as he lost his father in the war, so he faces many challenges with his overprotective mother, who is always put restricted rules. Pink Floyd, a rock star, struggles against coping with the real world, after finding out that his wife is cheating on him, so he paints a wall in his imagination the makes him in isolation from the world.
Nothing is put together for you, but all the pieces of the puzzle are there for you to create what you want. It's refreshing to see a movie that is completely out of the box, and doesn't follow any present forumla. THE WALL is a great rock opera.
Parker's visual synthesis with the music, much aided by Scarfe's rip-roaring visions of doom and destruction which turn light into darkness at the flick of a pen rather than a switch, is almost perfect.
Visually stunning and disturbing, an essential midnight movie.
Needcoffee.com
July 09, 2004
A stunning portrayal of a slide from isolation into madness. And the music rocks, too--bonus.
Cinerina
September 19, 2002
dated and self-aggrandizing but a watershed
Washington Post
December 21, 2015
"Do you think they'll drop the Bomb?" asks a loaded musical question at one irresistibly funny point. Obviously, they've already dropped it, and it's called "The Wall."
