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Genres:
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Adventure /
Comedy /
Drama /
Fantasy /
Romance /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Tim Burton
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Actors:
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Helena Bonham Carter,
Loudon Wainwright III,
Ada Tai,
Arlene Tai,
Ewan McGregor,
Albert Finney,
Billy Crudup,
Jessica Lange,
Alison Lohman,
Robert Guillaume,
Marion Cotillard,
Matthew McGrory,
David Denman,
Missi Pyle,
Steve Buscemi
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Duration:
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125 min.
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Rating:
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(8.1/10)295
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Plot Summary:
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The story revolves roughly a dying dad and his son, who is trying to learn more about his dad nearby piecing together the stories he has gathered over the years. The son winds up re-creating his confessor's slippery living in a series of legends and myths inspired by the few facts he knows. By virtue of these tales, the son begins to grasp his dad's great feats and his exalted failings.
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Burton lands a prize catch
'Big Fish’ marks a return to the fairytale leanings of his earlier films for Burton. However, whilst his other films are dark and brooding, ‘Big Fish’ is quite the opposite colourful, extravagant and vibrant. The dual story of Edward Bloom’s life allows Burton to go wild with his fantastical imagery, while grounding its other side in reality.
On his death bed, Edward Bloom is trying to reconcile his relationship with his son who claims not to know his father because of all the outlandish stories he has told him about his life. This gives Burton licence to show us giants, Siamese twins, circus freaks and all manner of oddities.
Burton is often seen simply as a brilliant visual auteur, who is unable to tell a story, but here is able to tell a heart warmi...
Big Fish
Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney star as young and old incarnations of Edward Bloom, a teller of tall tales to his disbelieving son Billy Crudup. Charming yarn from Tim Burton
"In telling the story of my father, it's hard to separate fact from fiction. But that's the kind of story it is." So says William Bloom (Crudup) during the opening stages of Tim Burton's literally fabulous Big Fish. Bloom's father is Edward Bloom (Finney), an old codger who may be largely benign but is deemed a bullshitter by his son, and a selfish one at that. Edward's endless recounting of yarns about himself has distanced father and son. But when Edward is diagnosed with terminal cancer, William returns to the family home to try and make his peace, and find out who his father really ...
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After his foray into the dangerous exceptional of remakes with Planet of the Apes, director Tim Burton returns to more familiar territory — a strange home somewhere between reality and inventiveness, reverie and nightmare. Albert Finney plays Edward Bloom, an Alabama wayfaring salesman whose apparent overlook and selfishness, coupled with wild stories of his exploits, maintain driven a wedge between him and son Will (Billy Crudup). Called to his procreate's deathbed, Will is infuriated when his ball is regaled with soaring tales in which youthful Edward (Ewan McGregor) encounters a titan, a witch, a shape-changing circus ringmaster and a big fish no one can catch. Intent on exposing his father, the disgruntled son sets short to learn the truth. In defiance of bei...
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"In telling the joke of my sire, it's unavoidable to separate points from fiction. But that's the character of scenario it is." So says William Bloom (Crudup) during the presentation stages of Tim Burton's literally fabulous Huge Fish. Bloom's abb‚ is Edward Bloom (Finney), an old codger who may be largely compassionate but is deemed a bullshitter by his son, and a niggardly one at that. Edward's infinite recounting of yarns about himself has distanced create and son. But when Edward is diagnosed with terminal cancer, William returns to the family home to adjudicate and manage his peace, and find old-fashioned who his father definitely is. Bed-bound, and with an audience of not unbiased the cynical William but also his responsive better half Josephine (Cottillard), Edward reco...
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