A lovely fable by the modern master of fables

Rating: 8/10 (23 June 2007)

I'm a Burton fan and a Ewan McGregor fan, so I'm rather annoyed I missed this in the theatres. Quite calm for a Burton flick, though. Not that it wasn't full of oddities, but that it wasn't as weird as some Burton flicks. I loved Ewan and Albert. Their performances were fantastic. And the scene where his son makes up the "surprise ending" for him was perfect, really. Even more, though, I loved the idea of this man who was trying to figure out the truth of his father, when really, he had it all along. The idea that people can be so obsessed with the details that they miss the big picture. Not sure I need to own it, but I definitely enjoyed it. And I'll almost definitely watch it again.