Big Fish

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  • 2004


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77 % Certified Fresh
$ 123 Million
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Positive Reviews 57
Negative reviews 9
Average Rating 3.8/5
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4.5
Fortunately, he rebounds in a big way with Big Fish, a Daniel Wallace adaptation and visual feast that recaptures the fairy tale simplicity and wrench .. Av Club
3.5
Director Tim Burton serves up Southern gothic tall tales with a matter of fact fancy that is very pleasing, yet the movie milks the audience when it s .. EW
3.1
Because Burton is the director, Big Fish of course is a great looking film, with a fantastical visual style that could be called Felliniesque if Burto .. Rogerebert
4.0
Facts are fine, but some truths can only be told by fiction, and this movie tells a captivating tale that is a delight for the eye, the heart, and the .. Common Sense Media
4.5
Its Isaacs florid, intelligent Hook that makes this Pan work better than you might expect. Austin Chronicle
5.0
Big Fish is sentimental but never manipulative, a non secular tall tale that speaks to our universal desire to live life not necessarily to its fulles ..
1.5
Its more like random scenes from life than it is a coherently imagined story.
1.5
What is meant to be a wondrous tale, a big fish story that evokes the spirit of Forrest Gump and displays Burtons surrealistic imagery and set design, ..
2.0
Burton is a stylist to the end Pee wees Big Adventure and Mars Attacks! are less films and more exercises in the excess of the bizarre, but unlike tho ..
1.3
It presents its generalized whimsy as deep emotion and its colorful spectacle as fantastic imaginings. San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
The Festival Alarm bells ring early in The Festival.It seems to take an age to reach the .. The Eyes Of Orson Welles Scottish director Mark Cousins is ..
5.0
The screenplay by John August is a tour de force concoction that mixes tender heartfelt drama with zany and oftentimes outrageous sequences. Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Its a fantasy film where telling tall tales should play right into Burtons strengths as a filmmaker.But for an imaginative film that relies on blowing .. Sover
3.8
Unsentimental, non glamorized, and unclouded by the usual overlay of rose colored nostalgia, this is a raw but rewarding motion picture. ReelViews
3.5
Tim Burtons tall tale, in which a peevish son tries to let the air out of the whoppers his dying father has told him and everyone else since childhood .. Tv Guide
5.0
Nevertheless, Big Fish moves with great beauty and almost relies on some unknown magical force to hold its fragile foundations together. Combust Ible Celluloid
3.2
Big Wish has many of the quirky production elements that are familiar from Burtons previous films.
4.4
Big Fish takes a while to get its bearings, but it gets better and better. Usa Today
4.4
By the time the end credits roll around, theres a distinct possibility that male audience members will find themselves shedding a tear or two. Reel Film Reviews
3.8
This is one of Burtons better movies, but I dont think it is his best one. Lariat
4.2
The whole film is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food: tasty, familiar and satisfying (and maybe just slightly nutritious). Eric Ds Nider
2.0
Jim Lane By This article was published on 12.25.03 Advertisement Dying old Edward Bloom (Albert Finney) spins tall tales about his adventurous past (w .. News Review
4.0
But those are small complaints for one of the most exquisite and deeply touching films Burton has ever made. Shadows On The Wall
3.0
Frustratingly, Big Fish falls into the latter category, despite a wonderful cast and some inventive visuals. View London
3.5
By piling on the cuteness, Burton suffocates us with it. Its really a shame, because in most respects, this is a handsomely made movie. Film Journal International ..
5.0
Sentimental, even a bit treacly, but its also appealing and full of warmth. And its probably best film. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
5.0
Its warm, human and witty, and made with a brilliance you dont often see. Mountain X
4.4
Facebook elevated concerns about election interference Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered sophisticated efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to .. Star Tribune
4.5
Big Fish not only charmed me completely with its humanity and humor it surprised me with its wisdom. Reel Talk Reviews
4.4
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Throughout Sicario: Day of the Soldado, characters talk about things needing to be clean, which pretty much means that a l .. Q Network
4.0
Despite the fact the story never knows where its going or what its trying to say, this is a wonderful piece of film with excellent performances, beaut .. Cinema Crazed
4.0
The director and soundtrack composer have been collaborating for more than a decade and in the process have established one of the most recognisable s ..
5.0
Big Fish really is a film you have to catch.Trust us, youll be hooked. Bbc
2.0
His best movies glide effortlessly from devilish whimsy to startling perversity, and even when his storytelling falters his inimitably strange visual .. The New York Times
3.8
Big Fish has heart and it has originality, but its greatest attribute of all is its pure honesty. The Movie Boy
4.0
The films core is all heart, but surrounding the dramatic moments is a pure sense of humor that generated more genuine laughter than any comedy Ive se .. Bullz-Eye
3.8
Next to the originality of the story Tim Burtons direction is perhaps the most compelling thing about Big Fish. Hollywood
3.2
Big Fish is entertaining, but its elusive Tim Burtons Big Fish is an engagingly whimsical, sporadically charming, frequently very funny Southern Gothi .. Seattle Pi
4.0
Its second achievement is to showcase so much heavyweight talent, without letting Big Fish feel like a series of cameos. Standard
4.0
Who should see this movie.Anyone that likes Tim Burtons style will find many things to enjoy here.
4.0
Great cast, great performances The movie is filled with director Tim Burtons trademark absurd and fantastical images. Cnn
3.8
Eccentric director Tim Burton reels you into one mans warm world of tall tales in fabulistic Big Fish A buoyant and evocative, hard to believe but eas .. Spliced Wire
3.0
A change up delivery from a director seeking relief from his artful image, the movie wants to catch our ears rather than our eyes, and it does so with .. The Star
4.0
If you avoid looking for an admission of fakery, you may find that the exaggeration and the visual wizardry have manifested themselves as family frien .. Varia Gate
4.4
The cast all turn in fine performances, the visuals, as you would expect in a Burton film, are excellent, and the emotional moments manage to side ste .. Three Movie Buffs
4.0
It has all the great visuals youd expect from Burton, but theyre the backdrop for a moving exploration of father son relationships that sneaks up on y .. Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.8
For example, whenever I go to the bank, the teller requires my passport or driver licenses.I have never felt unhappy about such a request. Kansas City
4.4
Its a fun film with a warmth that rises from that murky water and bites you on the nose before the credits roll. Ross Anthony
5.0
Reliant more on powerful familial emotions than wacky splendor, Big Fish tread as close to our real world as Burton could a melancholy dissection of p .. The Filmy Ap
3.1
Big Fish Review By Joe Lozito View all articles by Joe Lozito A Tim Burton movie about a son reconciling with his ailing, tall tale spewing father sho .. Big Picture Big Sound
3.5
When it catches fire, this great looking movie offers hilarious diversions. News Week
4.5
You will be able to save yourself from getting disappointed of watching nothing but a lame movie. Window To The Movies
4.5
If you have not seen the movie yet, you might want to stop here and come back after you have. Film Quips Online
2.5
Just because something isnt true, thats no reason you cant believe in it!.Big Fish seems to go even further, effectively saying, Stories are interesti .. Decent Films
3.8
It doesnt celebrate preposterousness so much as the reality hiding behind it, and the belief that the tale is always intermingled with he who tells it .. Flip Side Archive
4.5
And while the resolution of the film is hard to escape predictability, Burton achieves it without copping out or making a weak choice. Fat Guys At The Movies
5.0
Why this Detroit business decided to stay and expand in the city This 27 year old from Waterford wants people to know small businesses like his can ma .. Freep
4.2
Big Fishs corny sincerity may make it the squarest movie of the year. Nicks Chager
3.8
The films allure is in Burtons signpost production design and the eccentric characters that populate the imaginative story. Nitrate Online
4.0
Its a weirdly touching moment, in a film with plenty of weirdly touching moments. Films Nobs
2.5
Whats so disappointing is that this should be Tim Burtons turf (I will stand by Sleepy Hollow as literate gothic retelling of the old tale), but he se .. Films Nobs
1.6
Unfortunately, the results make its prerelease promise feel more like the one that got away. Movie Martyr
2.0
Tim Burtons Big Fish is about storytelling, about one man who loves it and another who feels cheated by it.But its hard to make a movie about storytel .. Archive Spectator
4.0
Big Fish is a reminder to all of us that we are only limited as humans by the boundaries and shackles we decide to use to keep our flights of fancy at .. Juicy Cerebellum
5.0
Without sacrificing his unique style, Burton has conjured up a movie that lures us into its own special world as it stirs the waters of honest emotion .. Metro Weekly
4.0
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3.5
I was sorry when I learned that Michaels, the well known childrens hair cutting salon at Madison Avenue and 90th Street, went out of business recently .. Ny Observer
4.5
And although it makes good use of special effects and Tim Burtons unique imagination, its really the message of the film that makes this film so good. .. The Reel Deal
2.5
The whimsy feels so forced, so labored, so (dare I say it) dull...Big Fish ends up being a film about magic that holds little magic of its own. Mixed Reviews
2.0
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