AMAZING!

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2003)

I am a huge fan of Burton, at least most of his work. I was sorely disappointed by his work on "Planet of the Apes", but found that his visual stylings in "Sleepy Hollow" were amazing and helped a lacking story. Anyway, on to "Big Fish."
Now, I'm not one for the dramatic tear-jerker movies, in fact I try to avoid them like the plague. But I was tricked into thinking this movie was heartfelt and a good movie with a great story, which it is, but by the end I noticed the lump in my throat getting bigger, and that inevitable tear rolling down my cheek. Yes, this movie got me, and not many movies do, at least not like this one did. It really is that good, and if you don't see that then there's something wrong with you, you must not like anything or have had the emotion of compassion taken away.
This movies story is simple, at lease simple to tell. What makes it so good is the underlying meaning, the relationships and chemistry between the characters and of course the emotion that is conveyed.
But alas, this is only my 2 cents. Although just about everyone else in the theater I was in, no matter how hard they tried to play it off or hide it, was crying. So don't listen to those people who say it's just Burton being Burton, cause it is, but it's not at the same time. And this time, lets hope the Academy recognizes his incredible work.