An Extraordinary Tale of a Seemingly Ordinary Man...

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2006)

I loved this film. Tim Burton was a great choice for director. He tells his stories so well and in an amazing way. This movie is definitely worth watching.
The Jist: A man tells his life story to his son through tall tales. When the son is young, he loves hearing of the amazing adventures of his father. As the boy gets older, the stories start to seem too extraordinary, and he begins to think that maybe he really doesn't know about his father's life as it truly happened. He thinks he is nothing like his father, and begins to become irritated at the tall tales. After not talking to his father for a few years, the son hears of his father's bad health and goes to visit in hopes of hearing his father's true life story. What he finds out is even more amazing.
This movie is truly worth watching, but you must sit through the whole thing. I tried to get my mother and friend to watch it, but they couldn't sit still long enough, so they never got the whole story. I finally got my Dad to watch it with me. He sat through the whole thing, and by the end, he was kinda getting into it. He ended up telling me that it was a really great movie. In the beginning, it seems like just another father/son tale, but it is really much more.
I hope you enjoy the film as much as I did.
-Miranda