Big Fish

Name: Big Fish
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: December 10, 2003
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 58
Cast: Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Ewan McGregor

2003

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 10, 2003 | PG-13

Starring: Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Ewan McGregor

Summary: Director Tim Burton brings his inimitable imagination on a heartwarming journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son. [Sony Pictures]

Director: Tim Burton

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 125 min

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Premiere Glenn Kenny

Big Fish really is a big delight. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

A word of warning. Big Fish is so strange and so literary that audiences seeking conventional fare may get impatient with it. But it always takes effort to catch the big ones. This one is worth it. Read full review

Empire Ian Freer

In anchoring the whimsy to something more heartfelt, Burton is greatly aided by Billy Crudup, who underplays potentially cringeworthy bedside scenes with his dying dad. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Big Fish of course is a great-looking film, with a fantastical visual style that could be called Felliniesque if Burton had not by now earned the right to the adjective Burtonesque. Read full review

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

For the first time, Burton seems comfortable walking around the real world. Read full review

David Sterritt

What a waste of a fine cast. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

A long-winded indulgence in tear-and-a-smile whimsy, elevated above the merely irritating and saccharine by compelling art direction. Read full review

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AlonsoC.

Jul 11, 2009

A You-Must-See Movie, one of my favorite movies of all time, it has a funny part and has it serious and lovely part, you always learn something about life in this movie. And as Sam F. Says, this is one of those movie where you can say that if don't liked it, it's because you A You-Must-See Movie, one of my favorite movies of all time, it has a funny part and has it serious and lovely part, you always learn something about life in this movie. And as Sam F. Says, this is one of those movie where you can say that if don't liked it, it's because you didn't get it. One of the greatest movies of all time (in MY opinion).… Expand

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j30

Nov 9, 2011

This is a great movie and one of the most underrated films by Tim Burton. The film takes all of Burton's strengths and puts them into one. I can't recommend this enough.

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juand12345

Sep 22, 2019

why the critics of this movie are so bad. its a really good movie and well maded

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ColinD.

Sep 11, 2008

Big Fish, though a bit wordy at the start, pulls together and will mesmerize any viewer that can recognize the contrasts between a creatively imaginative child and an adult that utilizes a standard, and sometimes dull worldview. I'm starting to believe the critics aren't worthy of Big Fish, though a bit wordy at the start, pulls together and will mesmerize any viewer that can recognize the contrasts between a creatively imaginative child and an adult that utilizes a standard, and sometimes dull worldview. I'm starting to believe the critics aren't worthy of their role.… Expand

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kubek1098

Jun 5, 2020

Great video! One of the best i have ever seen. Music in this movie is 100% great.

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OutATime

Jul 26, 2016

I enjoy this tale to be honest. I like to think of it as a look into the life of a film maker, always telling tall tales, about different things. I like the imagery and the characterizations and the little stories woven together and in-universe 'fact' blending with 'fiction'.

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Broyax

Jan 11, 2017

Tim Burton fait souvent dans le burlesque plus ou moins gnangnan et c'est de ce fait rarement réussi. Ce gros poisson ne va pas nous contredire puisqu'il s'agit d"un condensé d'inepties à même de ravir éventuellement la marmaille peu regardante ou les adultes un peu simples. En outre, pourTim Burton fait souvent dans le burlesque plus ou moins gnangnan et c'est de ce fait rarement réussi. Ce gros poisson ne va pas nous contredire puisqu'il s'agit d"un condensé d'inepties à même de ravir éventuellement la marmaille peu regardante ou les adultes un peu simples. En outre, pour ne rien arranger, ça dure des milions d'années (en temps subjectif) : un cinéma-tortue ramolli du fion qui avance comme un petit vieux, comme ce petit vieux dans le film qui claironne en boucle ses conneries de contes de fées à la mords-moi-le-noeud. Cette andouille d'Ewan McGregor n'arrange pas non plus les affaires de ce film décidément bien pitoyable.… Expand

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