Big Fish
Directed by Tim BurtonThroughout 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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- levi_v11d agoTruly beautiful. I think it's written to let your imagination translate it in many different ways and it's so so good.
- wipeout630September 12, 2025Unexpectedly wholesome and exactly what we all need to be reminded of.
- Marcelo ScatenaJuly 31, 2025Every 5 years or so I watch this movie again. Every time I interpret it a bit differently. They really nailed the 'growing up' thing to its core.
- mickerdooAugust 15, 2025Gets me every time. My favorite Burton. Fantastic cast with a charming, epic and outrageous story. So fun while being heartwarming.
- Sunny Rabius SunnyJuly 17, 2025Loved this.
- ርልዪረAugust 3, 2025Based on the novel of the same name, Tom Burton's 2003 fantasy drama "Big Fish" acts as a heartwarming tale of fiction and reality and whether or not one can identify if the both are one and the same, and sees a son going on a journey to learn the truth about his father's past life to see if what he's been told are all lies. We get flashbacks into Edward Bloom's past as older Edward, played tremendously by Albert Finney, recalls the many events of his past as his younger self played with such endearment by Ewan McGregor is truly a big fish in a small pond and find himself in various places with extraordinary people and truly living a fairytale life if what he tells his son (Billy Crudup) are to be seen as highly fabricated. McGregor and Finney work together to make Edward seem like the exact same man from start to finish, and his romance with his wife Sandra (Jessica Lange/Alison Lohman) is very sweet yet it feels weird to promote the message of being weird and stalkerish to get who you deem the love of your life even while she's with someone else. The surrealism blends very well with the reality of life as the fish is an analogy for those who feel they are just too big of a person for their small town and need to explore and live their lives to its potential, but the film's main message seems to suggest that the stories we hear about others, whether we believe them to be true or not, become so engrained in who they are that they help to build the mythology and legacy they leave behind forever.
