Big Fish (2003)

Stars	User	Rating
6	Jeb	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.
4	cagedwisdom	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.
4	Tripwyre	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.
4	Revolutiono	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.
3	ozymandius10	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.
3	kubricksucks	60 _15th
Tim Burton can't do a goddamn thing right without clay
3	Manhatta	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.
3	catfacer	20 _20th
This did not warm my heart, it made my brain melt with its tedious nonsense.
2	MartinTeller	63 _22nd
Whimsical, cute, well-done. No big complaints. Not much to say... it doesn't stick with you very long.
2	timmo	90 _66th
I wept.
2	Mini-T	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.
2	XakkMaster	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.
2	Neonman	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.
2	mwgerb	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.
2	roofs_runner	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.
1	ssmodk	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.
1	nrhughes	85 _72nd
Poignant, charming, and all around a beautiful film.
1	DuaneNeitzel	65 _35th
The parent's story is good. The son's angst is tiresome.
1	TripleSH	70 _53rd
If you like Tim Burton, you should like this film. There's not much else to say about this.
1	CCLZA	60 _33rd
Sadly, it's a beautifully over-stylized case of poor direction and writing.
1	fabfunk	53 _46th
Superficial but mostly pleasing drama about a stubborn son and his fantastical father.
1	Loki	80 _73rd
Thoughtful and moving and full of great Burton visuals.
1	josauuce	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.
1	Chili	90 _81st
Great feel to throughout the whole film. Very enjoyable and very grabbing.
1	rockwell	60 _24th
we get it tim burton you are excentric
1	BattleToad	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!
1	Carpetgiant	87 _74th
One Burton, two Burton, red Burton, blue Burton.
1	citysqwirl	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?
1	bethelysa	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.
1	Alex Watkins	3 _38th
S'alright.
1	Bojangles	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.
1	ktappe	71 _40th
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.
1	Jarmann	65 _31st
While great on visuals, the movie is too weak in the story-telling. Too bad.
1	Eglantine	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!
1	purgatos	69 _46th
Manipulative and sappy, but looks really pretty.
1	Gr8Googly	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.
1	bamp	90 _62nd
ewan, billy, family stuffs.
1	Cahadras1	96 _96th
I love it
1	NathanDarko	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.
1	cult_of_same	85 _98th
A reimagined life with saturated colour <3 <3
1	filmdot	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.
1	DavidBlast	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.
1	pewbeng	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..
1	ozleem	84 _82nd
hayal mi gerçek mi?
1	Rufam	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.
1	hardcoreufo	74 _55th
Shock horror Burton can actually make a decent movie on occasion! Loses points for the stalker bullshit Bloom does that's sold as so romantic
1	Alon Reter	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.
1	Paxton	80 _87th
Aside from my looking exactly like Ewan McGregor, the stories about my past aren't embellished at all.
1	amirmovie	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!
1	magdabag	89 _75th
I'm a big fan of big fish, and you could be too!
1	ImOmerCetin	60 _29th
Okay.

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