From A. O. Scott’s review of The Fountain
In “The Fountain,†Darren Aronofsky’s third feature (after “Pi†and “Requiem for a Dreamâ€), Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz play star-crossed lovers in three different eras. Back in the 16th century, Ms. Weisz is Queen Isabel, a glowingly beautiful monarch menaced by the cruel intolerance of the Spanish Inquisition. (I know, I didn’t suspect it either.)
The one beat it took me to get that was just long enough for me to swallow my mouthful of coffee, therefore preventing a spit-take.