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Big Fish

2003
Romance, Drama
2h 5m
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Rated 24 Mar 2009
91
82nd
I sat down watching Big Fish expecting it to be regular Burton at his decent. However, Burton has completely altered his usual formula and has now concentrated not only on his preserved flair, but the plotline (Which all can appreciate and snuggle up to here). Steve Buscemi is astounding, quite hypnotic and he deserves a lot of recognition. Burton, instead of producing another remake, decided to make this and what a relief he actually did. Proves he's more than just a hollywood director.
Rated 24 Apr 2008
89
90th
Burton is a director famous for his visual style, but his storytelling abilities have always been a bit...off. Classics like Edward Scissorhands and Batman are memorable not for the stories they told so much as the flair with which they told them. Big Fish certainly benefits from that flair, but it uses it to tell a real heartfelt story -- style and substance are in equal measure here. The acting is all solid, but Buscemi steals the show. If this isn't Burton's best, it's certainly among them.
Rated 21 Dec 2008
9
93rd
By splitting the movie between the real and the fictional worlds, Tim Burton finds a way to keep the sentiment feeling true and still preserve his own style. The movie works as a defense of his own outlandish storytelling in addition to being a (just-short-of-too) emotional look at a father-son relationship.
Rated 01 Feb 2009
100
90th
Something of a Tim Burton's Forrest Gump, this film has a few issues (such as an at times disjointed narrative structure) that are pretty much instantly rectified by a superb cast, fantastic visuals and quite strong direction from Burton. A truly great story. One of Burton's best, and easily his most heartwarming. If only he'd snap out of his now decade-long remake-producing coma more often.
Rated 11 Mar 2007
60
15th
Tim Burton can't do a goddamn thing right without clay
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
95th
One of the few movies I almost cried in. I'm not usually a Tim Burton fan, but this is a great movie. The storytelling really does take you to another place, and it's really masterful.
Rated 08 Mar 2008
65
34th
A sappy story with wonderful visuals (probably Burton's best as far as art direction goes) and decent performances, it just rings strangely hollow.
Rated 03 Oct 2010
20
20th
This did not warm my heart, it made my brain melt with its tedious nonsense.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
66th
I wept.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
63
22nd
Whimsical, cute, well-done. No big complaints. Not much to say... it doesn't stick with you very long.
Rated 14 Aug 2008
96
97th
All our lives are extraordinary if you know how to tell the story! Ewan McGregor stars as Edward Bloom, a man who has done quite alot in his lifetime by the sound of it. As his life nears its end, he is confronted by his son who wants to know the truth about all the tall tales he's heard over the years. Perhaps director Tim Burton's finest film, it is a fantasy tale that melds with the real world in a way few films ever have. Both charming and entirely heart warming.
Rated 18 May 2009
90
90th
Mesmerizing. Incredible nice work by the great mind of Tim Burton. Amazing to watch it , without being bored a second. The story will move everybody who watches it. And by the way , Danny DeVito looks great as an old man.
Rated 09 Nov 2009
100
99th
One of my all times movies, though it's constantly being blamed for not being really Burtonish, but it's our life, where there is always a place for such a warm and touching story about the power of love and imagination.
Rated 01 Oct 2010
54
9th
Such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such, such a short film idea. Would've been better if it were an hour and a half shorter.
Rated 01 Oct 2013
56
56th
This is a good movie; it's certainly fun and light-hearted and pretty-looking. But I thought the tall tales and the frame stories clashed, rather than harmonized, invalidating and distracting from the other one, rather than adding meaning. So by the time they get to the REAL MEANING, it's pounded in so much that it feels ineffective and emotionally unengaging. Still, eminently watchable, even it didn't work on a deeper level for me.
Rated 17 Feb 2007
60
33rd
Sadly, it's a beautifully over-stylized case of poor direction and writing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
73rd
Thoughtful and moving and full of great Burton visuals.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
53rd
If you like Tim Burton, you should like this film. There's not much else to say about this.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
70
51st
Not as good as the book, but charming nonetheless. Albert Finney is top-notch, and Alison Lohman is luminescent. Though parts of the movie were a bit over-the-top, the ending brought genuine and well-earned tears to my eyes.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
35th
The parent's story is good. The son's angst is tiresome.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
72nd
Poignant, charming, and all around a beautiful film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
64
26th
I should have loved this movie -- imagination rising above the mundane pedantries of daily life -- but the moments of imagination started feeling repetative, and when are directors and editors going to realize that slow and ponderous does not equal meaningful and heartwarming?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
63rd
Once again, Tim Burton goes and does something that at least temporarily proves that he is a great director. Big Fish is fun and heartwarming, and the outstanding cast deserves recognition for each of their very strange roles in this film. Really good!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
53rd
not a huge tim burton fan, but this one was pretty cute. minus the end when the fish jumps out of the water into the sky.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
88
78th
Hard to explain in simple terms, but an enjoyable tall tale of the roads we walk in life and what it all means in the end. Heartfelt and the most well-crafted work Burton has ever done, devoid of his usual pretensions.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
53
46th
Superficial but mostly pleasing drama about a stubborn son and his fantastical father.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
81st
Great feel to throughout the whole film. Very enjoyable and very grabbing.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
24th
we get it tim burton you are excentric
Rated 24 Nov 2007
65
31st
While great on visuals, the movie is too weak in the story-telling. Too bad.
Rated 05 Jan 2008
3
38th
S'alright.
Rated 12 Feb 2008
71
41st
A wee bit too much fantasy and nostalgia for my tastes. Yes, that's kind of the point of the film so I've not knocked it too hard, but you really have to be in the mood for an "out there" type of flick to enjoy this one. It had great potential with the father-son relationship, but that never really felt...um....real. In fact, the fantasy setting of the film gets in the way of the viewer truly taking that relationship to heart.
Rated 15 May 2008
69
46th
Manipulative and sappy, but looks really pretty.
Rated 29 May 2008
90
84th
Sweet film! The most important thing is how you see your life, not how it really is! Your imagination can change and rearrenge everything!
Rated 21 Jun 2008
82
79th
Burton's best film in my opinion. Finally hitting a perfect link between fantasy and real world emotional connections. Burton surprised many with this one after the disastrous Planet of the Apes remake.
Rated 08 Jul 2008
90
62nd
ewan, billy, family stuffs.
Rated 12 Sep 2008
98
98th
Big Fish isn't the typical Burton Movie, maybe it's his multifaceted Movie ever.Full of incredible characters, ideas and beautiful scenes. I love this Movie.
Rated 15 Nov 2008
85
98th
A reimagined life with saturated colour <3 <3
Rated 15 Apr 2009
96
96th
I love it
Rated 29 May 2009
77
69th
A charming father-and-son tale filled with typical Tim Burton flourishes.
Rated 14 Oct 2009
10
2nd
Sink-in-your-chair schmaltz at a constant and full force. So much so that as you're watching it you kind of want to kill yourself.
Rated 02 Dec 2009
89
88th
Watched this movie with two buddies. So, three grown up men are sitting there and say absolutely nothing throughout the movie. After the film ended we were teary-eyed and swore to never talk about it again. Oops..
Rated 28 Jun 2010
95
93rd
Wow. Gorgeously amusing and wondrous. Billy Crudup and Ewan Mcgregor are great here but Albert Finney is marvelous. A story for the ages. That ending was beautiful.
Rated 22 Oct 2010
84
82nd
hayal mi gerçek mi?
Rated 11 Feb 2011
15
11th
This is one of the of the biggest pieces of kitch and corniness I have ever seen. It barely even has Burton's great eccentric style or iconic creativity, it's a celebration of american tackiness in disguise, and in a bad one too.
Rated 28 Sep 2011
75
72nd
"Big Fish" fails to avoid cliché and sentimentality, the editing is occasionally problematic and sometimes the whimsy feels forced. That doesn't stop it from being one of Burton's finest efforts, a sweet and imaginable fable, told with great energy, conviction, passion for the material and entertaining visual flourishes. The cast is also impressive.
Rated 09 Feb 2012
35
20th
I probably give this movie less credit than deserves, but I don't like stories that are obviously taking place in someones fantasy. It's better than 'Sucker Punch', mind, but, listen, If I really wanted to imagine-imagine something, and I were too cheap to buy 3D glasses, I'd go to that great whore house of pretentiousness: The theatre.
Rated 26 May 2012
80
88th
Aside from my looking twice as handsome as Ewan McGregor, the stories about my past aren't embellished at all.
Rated 08 Oct 2012
89
93rd
It's a movie, the way it's meant to be, with all needed fantasies, emotions and great..really great pictures. I love it!
Rated 09 May 2014
87
74th
One Burton, two Burton, red Burton, blue Burton.
Rated 01 Oct 2020
89
75th
I'm a big fan of big fish, and you could be too!
Rated 07 May 2021
60
29th
Okay.
Rated 23 Nov 2006
96
94th
Splendid return to the Burtonesque style of story telling.
Rated 30 Nov 2006
87
68th
Great poetic film about a father-son-relationship, lots of original ideas and one of the most moving end sequences in modern film.
Rated 10 Dec 2006
88
88th
Agladigim 2. film
Rated 20 Dec 2006
88
60th
tear jerker
Rated 16 Jan 2007
60
60th
weak for timburton
Rated 19 Jan 2007
85
42nd
Wondrous, picturesque meandering film with a satisfying ending and a nice father-son relationship. Colors are amazing and unlike many of Tim Burton;s films, the story and plot do not suffer at the expense of directing wizardry. Only flaw is way the grown-up son is written -- he is overlyangry at his father and comes of callow instead of searching for greater meaning of his complicated father. i resented the character and it took me out of the story at times. Sappy but nice coda.
Rated 26 Jan 2007
86
62nd
Apparently the big emotional pull of the ending is lost on me since I don't think it's all that sad, let alone shed a tear, but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. I bought this film blindly under the presumption that Tim Burton wouldn't let me down (plus this was before I knew McGregor could do a bad job - not that he does bad here). How I was right. Every element works, the story is so textured with creativity, and Burton is allowed to show off his unique vision we all crave to see.
Rated 26 Jan 2007
89
81st
A good story that has some good themes and is generally fairly heart-warming.
Rated 09 Feb 2007
4
87th
Beautiful visuals, as I've come to expect from Burton. This time the story was actually genuinely moving by itself though, which makes this my favorite of his.
Rated 22 Feb 2007
92
88th
I had never heard of this movie until i bought it. It was really a awesome movie. I'm actually going to watch it again tonight
Rated 27 Feb 2007
98
99th
I've never laughed so hard at ninjas and conjoined Siamese twins. I wish I could deliver stories like this!
Rated 01 Mar 2007
60
44th
my favorite scene is the daffodils
Rated 25 Mar 2007
85
86th
Ewan McGregor makes any movie better, and this movie was already good. It's one of those films that I'm convinced is just going to get better with repeat viewings.
Rated 01 Apr 2007
90
89th
A very moving movie, one of my favourites of '03.
Rated 20 Apr 2007
84
76th
The ending done made me get all misty.
Rated 21 Apr 2007
76
63rd
Not a favorite or anything but it is pretty enjoyable and touching.
Rated 27 Apr 2007
88
85th
Tim Burton live!
Rated 20 May 2007
15
2nd
Tim Burton's lamest attempt at a film yet.
Rated 21 May 2007
60
51st
I felt as though it tried too hard.
Rated 26 May 2007
70
70th
Great effects, good story.
Rated 28 May 2007
69
33rd
One of the few movies I've cried at. Although I didn't think it was as good as previous Burton films the emotional finale makes it worthwhile
Rated 07 Jun 2007
30
8th
Visually interesting, but the plot was too weird to enjoy.
Rated 08 Jun 2007
60
28th
Rambling movie with an average performance by Ewan MacGregor. Lacks a sense of depth (though Albert Finney tries his hardest), which isn't compensated for by its visuals.
Rated 13 Jun 2007
50
33rd
Sort of like a U.S.-set grossly inferior version of _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_
Rated 23 Jun 2007
78
36th
Burton's fantasy feels a bit cliched. Ewan saves the film from complete average-ness by his appealing performance.
Rated 03 Jul 2007
92
71st
Visuals and the story were excellent. I loved it.
Rated 12 Jul 2007
90
66th
I liked it. Really imaginative.
Rated 14 Jul 2007
20
7th
Big Turd
Rated 02 Aug 2007
72
25th
One of Tim Burton's lighter efforts, the story he tells still rings true to his visual style which is also retained, despite the change in color pallette and subject matter of the story. Great performances and originality in all aspects make this a delightful film to watch, and it leaves us asking why Mr. Burton doesn't turn in pictures like this more often.
Rated 02 Aug 2007
87
74th
Burton's best film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
82
81st
Heartwarming but the ending isn't as good as it could've been.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
92
96th
One of Burton's best films even though it lacks his trademark dark and fantastic approach. The music is great, and like Burton's work on this film, is atypical of Elfman's usual work.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
95
83rd
great story
Rated 14 Aug 2007
89
55th
I think everyone wants to die like the dad dies at the end...great story
Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
60th
Whimsical movie from crazy-haired art-school kid Tim Burton.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
35
5th
whimsey at it's precious worst (and I do love Jessica Lange, Albert Finney,Ewan, Helena & Tim ?!? ) go figure. ugh
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
83rd
Tim Burton!
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
90th
One of Tim Burton's best in my opinion. A rich story with a lot of funny twists. I even got me crying in the end, which I dont often do. Strong acting, supberb photography and a plot that keeps you wondering: "is this guy for real?"
Rated 14 Aug 2007
60
27th
Charming enough to prevent viewers from an initial realization: this movie is bullshit.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
8
82nd
Burton's 2nd best movie.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
45th
pk, so its not edward scissorhands, or nightmare..., its a sweet family story, well executed and sort of touching. plus theres freaks in it.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
22nd
Big Fish suffered badly by trying to be Forrest Gump and falling flat on it's face.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
98
92nd
Very touching story of a son and his father. Great imagery as we get transported into a fantastic world.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
65
30th
Nice movie, but a bit silly. The end is good.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
58
48th
Eye-poppingly eccentric on one hand, maudlin on the other.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
77th
Poignant and affecting, Big Fish is Tim Burton's most subdued and truthful film.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
80
53rd
I liked it
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
84th
This is one to watch in the string of "father-son" movies you might ahve planned someday. It's guaranteed to make you cry at the end as much as you did when Costner played catch with his dad at the end of FIeld Of Dreams
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
59th
solid comedy, mind twirling

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