Wonderful movie that will take you back to the stories you heard as a child and wondered ‘what if’.
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Parental guidance is recommended for younger viewers.
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Wonderful movie that will take you back to the stories you heard as a child and wondered ‘what if’.
An adventure as big as life itself.
The story is about a William Bloom (Billy Crudup) trying to learn more about his dying father (Albert Finney) by reliving stories and myths his father told him about himself.
Review
After a string of mediocre movies, director Tim Burton regains his footing as he shifts from macabre fairy tales to Southern tall tales. Big Fish twines in and out of the oversized stories of Edward Bloom, played as a young man by Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge, Down with Love) and as a dying father by Albert Finney (Tom Jones). Edward's son Will (Billy Crudup, Almost Famous) sits by his father's bedside but has little patience with the old man's fables, because he feels these stories have kept him from knowing who his father really is. Burton dives into Bloom's imagination with zest, sending the determined young man into haunted woods, an idealized Southern town, a traveling circus, and much more. The result is sweet but--thanks to the director's dark and clever sensibility--never saccharine. Also featuring Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and Steve Buscemi. --Bret Fetzer
Comments: Blu-Ray Region A, B, C. Postage is in NZ Post bubble bag, rural postage is extra $5.50. See my other listings for more classic movies! Combined shipping available for multiple purchases. I will refund any extra shipping charges that have been paid. Thanks.
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