Big Fish
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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- Cast：
- Ewan McGregor , Albert Finney , Billy Crudup , Jessica Lange , Helena Bonham Carter , Alison Lohman , Robert Guillaume
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Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Blistering performances.
This is one of my number favourite movie. It reminds me of myself. When you tell people over and over your story and somehow they think its not real- so you have to prove them what you told them. I love this movie.
Beautiful, clever, humorous, tender hearted and genuine.
Beautifully made, fantastic cast but typical Tim Burton. I suppose you are either into him or not. I watched it for the cast and kept losing interest. It jumps around too much and I don't understand the PG rating in Australia with the violence, scary themes including the naked butt of Danny De Vito. I can't recommend it unless you like this sort of thing. Of course Helena Bonham Carter (Tim's wife) makes appearances as well. Over the top and way too long.
Big Fish posits a strong ideal: that a story can be full of immense truth even if it never literally happened. Burton's Forrest-Gump-esque personal epic is his sweetest film, full of whimsical silliness and fable-like hyperbole. As a whole, the film never quite sinks into me the way Finney's stories do with his audiences, but it's still a good parable about living in the shadow of a larger-than-life character.
