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Big Fish and Begonia
2016
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Positive Reviews
27
Negative reviews
2
Average Rating
3.7
/5
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4.4
Although muddled in certain respects, the basic story is gripping enough to entrance adults and kids (at least those old enough to read the subtitles) ..
Rogerebert
3.0
The films spirit world is such a dazzling place that its hard to fathom how kids like Chun would ever want to leave it, if only for a little while.
Indie Wire
3.0
Nothing ever quite makes sense in this beautiful if bonkers fantasy from China.
The Guardian
3.8
While the plot is a bit convoluted, the films lush visuals provide a surfeit of beautifully rendered dream worlds and lyrical flights of fancy to keep ..
5.0
Its blend of 2D and CG animation uses a radiant palette, and its story moves between the spirit and animals worlds with an undercurrent of yearning an ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
In the Chinese fantasy Big Fish & Begonia, a young woman named Chun faces trials from a world beneath the ocean.
The New York Times
2.5
Undeterred, Chun takes possession of Kuns soul in the form of a baby fish.
4.0
Chinese writers and directors Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang created a short film 12 years ago and then put all their time, energy, and creativity into Big ..
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Youll meet many colorful monsters and/or godlike supporting characters but not a single believable lead protagonist in the busy but uninspired Chinese ..
Village Voice
2.5
Let us now plumb the mysteries and parse the meaning of a Chinese animated film.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.8
Theres a lot to take in here, and its difficult to tell whether directors Xuan Liang (who also wrote the screenplay) and Chun Zhang skipped a few piec ..
Mark Reviews Movies
4.0
The urge to awe may feel self conscious at times, but its rarely not heartfelt, even when its skirting the edge of incomprehensible.
The Wrap
4.0
Without the crippling limitations of live action storytelling, hand drawn imagery knows virtually no boundaries, unlocking the path to the mystical re ..
Flim Threet
3.0
With its beautiful aesthetic and distinctive tale of life, death, and love, the film should find a welcome audience.
The Film Stage
4.0
Big Fish and Begonia offers audiences a richly realized world with a fascinating tale, and a blushing romance.
Pajiba
3.5
Viewing them together serve to show just how far this movie has come, and what its success means to its creators.Big Fish & Begonia might stumble once ..
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
Your average viewer may want to skip this one given its relatively slow pace and somewhat dull attempt at emotional depth.
Star Burst Magazine
3.0
More a visual marvel than a true masterpiece, but hopefully this is just the start of something new.
Lw Lies
3.5
Big Fish & Begonia Is Mostly Captivating Codirectors Zang Chun and Liang Xuan labored for 12 years to bring their animated fantasy Big Fish & Begonia ..
The Stranger
5.0
This gorgeous cartoon epic celebrates the shapelessness of water.
Film Comment
4.5
Big Fish & Begonia is a wonderfully animated film with stunning cinematic visuals coming not from Disney or Pixar but overseas in China.
Solzy At The Movies
4.0
Drawing on ancient Chinese mythology, Big Fish & Begonia is an ambitious and emotional tale.
Scifi Now
3.0
While the plot points dont exactly align, its a visually stimulating adventure to behold.
Fresh Fiction
4.0
Its a thrilling notion, and struck this critic as sounding an awful lot like love.
National Post
3.5
Since then, those old heads have reacted the same way to Korean soap operas and Indian films, but the effort to make Chinas own animated films has bee ..
Fw Weekly
3.5
Xuan Liang and Chun Zhangs Big Fish & Begonia is a lushly animated Chinese film that could easily be mistaken for anime, which says less about its sty ..
Sf Weekly
3.5
And like Miyazaki, Liang and Zhang find innocence and honest emotion among the hard life lessons.
Sf Chronicle
2.0
Big Fish & Begonia is a marvelous piece of animation. Each scene is like a painting come to life. The story will touch your heart and no doubt the cha ..
Movie Chambers
4.5
The feature film directed by Liang Xuan and Zhang Chun has a visual splendor that captivates.
4.5
This is a moving work of art anchoring incredible animation with a solid screenplay.
Its Just Movies
4.0
The score, by Kiyoshi Yoshida of The Girl Who Leap Through Time fame, is suitably epic, sad and/or subtle when needed, and the English dub isnt too ba ..
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