Landmark in US film making - No spoilers

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2003)

Don't be fooled. Big Fish is not the classic want-to-be "surreal" tale with random psychodelic elements. Big Fish is not a movie that "tries to hard" to be different or surreal. Big Fish is *real*. It embodies much more than what it may seem at first glance.
After a somewhat decline during his last movies (since his masterpieces "Edward..." and "Ed Wood"), Tim Burton finally decided to explore two more realistic subjects: first; a father-son relationship and second; the story of ones life. Big Fish is left to the viewer to be understood, analyzed, and interpreted. Like any other film, the final interpretation lays on the viewer. However many directors are often biased and leave little room for personal interpratation making their own. Burton, on the contrary, leaves a universe for multiple interpretations. One can wonder how he managed with such a solid plot. Nonetheless, he succeeded.
The beauty of the profound subject, the imaging, the style, and the meaning and purpose of Big Fish, makes it a film to be remembered by many generations to follow. Tim Burton has delivered a masterpiece like never before: a landmark in US filmaking.
10/10 - Big ups for Big Fish