Big Fish

Pros: Amusing tales; McGregor, Crudup, and Buscemi
Cons: Edward Bloom is a selfish man

Edward Bloom wanted adventure in his life, and in certain ways, he got it. Edward (Albert Finney) has a nice home, a loving wife in Sandra (Jessica Lange), and a lot of stories about his life's exploits. Now that he is older, he finds that his son Will ...

Pros: Fine acting, set pieces, emotionally draining...
Cons: Are you in the mood to have your emotions drained?

I’m generally a lukewarm Tim Burton fan. I enjoyed some of his earlier stuff that you normally think of when you think of Burton – Beetlejuice, Pee Wee, Edward Scissorhands, the first two Batman films (especially the second, with Michelle Pfeiffer’s ...

Pros: the fantasy sections, visually stunning and well acted.
Cons: constant boring interruptions.

Tim Burton's Big Fish is a film that I have been intending to see ever since it's excellent trailer was first released online. I'm unsure about the stories origins, heard that it is based on some book, but I have neither read the book that it's ...

Pros: visuals, special effects, Buscemi, Finney, DeVito, fun to watch
Cons: basic story is weak, McGregor's accent

If Big Fish had been directed by anyone other than Tim Burton, I probably would have been bored out of my scull. Thankfully, Burton’s gorgeous visuals boost the film from yawn-worthy to thoroughly entertaining. I don’t tend to be ...

Pros: excellent cast and engaging story; beautiful presentation
Cons: too much going on

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Pros: Crudup and Bonham Carter
Cons: Burton still can't tell a clear story, the Alabaman accents

"Big Fish" is a story about a storyteller, from a director who has never been able to tell a proper story. This partnership produces a strange, unstoppable-force-meets-immova ble object effect. Does the larger-than-life story prevail, even though the ...

Pros: Excellent cast and story
Cons: May require tissue

Big Fish is Tim Burton’s latest film, based on a great novel by Daniel Wallace. I read this book last summer after finding out that Burton would be making it, and have been excited about finally seeing it on the screen. Originally, Steven Spielberg ...

Pros: A wonderful effort. Burton's style. Rich visual creation. Lohman's first non-awful performance.
Cons: It just doesn't quite do its job.

There are some very interesting things you can say about Tim Burton’s latest effort ‘Big Fish’. Probably the most important, and the most questionable, is that ‘Big Fish’ is a good movie whether it’s a good movie or not. That’s good, because ...

Pros: It's different...
Cons: ...but a bit too different for its own good

Now let me be honest. I do not like Tim Burton films. Quite frankly, I just find them too unusual and at times, completely incomprehensible. Ever remember Beetlejuice? But I suppose that is his style. However, he decided to go into mainstream ...

Pros: Burton's Direction, Script, Look, Music, & Performances.
Cons: A Bit Inconsistent at Times.

Tim Burton is a director whose quirky, offbeat vision has been beloved by many filmgoers. Whether it was the world of an overgrown child in “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure”, the dead dealing with death in the hilarious “Beetlejuice”, or a guy with scissors ...

Pros: Visually Entertaining; Music; Acting
Cons: drags in places

I think I can count the occurrences on one hand where I thought a movie was hands-down-better than the book on which it was based. How to Make an American Quilt and Forest Gump are two such movies. Not that the books are necessarily bad, ...

Pros: Often beautifully made and occasionally inspired
Cons: Entirely more sentimental and whimsical than I like my Tim Burton movies

People pick on the ending of Tim Burton's 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes. They talk about how it makes no sense and how it betrays the spirit of the movie and the spirit of the series. They talk about how it feels uncertain and tacked on, as if ...

Pros: Very entertaining.
Cons: More style than substance.

Tim Burton's Big Fish has the feel of an epic adventure in a way, yet also comes off like a whimsical fantasy and a serious human drama. Whatever faults one may find with the film, lack of ambition isn't among them. Yet that ambition is also the movie's ...

Pros: Finney and McGregor Performances, Entertaining Fantasy Tale, Great Sets and Camera Work
Cons: Tim Burton's Eccentric Style, Crudop's Unlikable Character

Have you ever heard a joke so many times it got old, then you hear it again and it’s funny all over again? That is the gist of the movie Big Fish, an ultra creative fantasy tale about a man living out the last of his days and his larger than life ...

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Warning: While I give a complete overview of the story arc, including the ending, I don’t feel that I give away major details. If you don’t want to know how the movie ends, then you won’t want to read this review. If you don’t ...