Truth is Stranger than Fiction

Rating: 7/10 (20 May 2007)

Who doesn't like a good story? Big Fish took the traditional grandpa story and turned it into a very colorful and entertaining picture. That is not easy to do. What looked like it was going to be a juvenile and childish movie with adult overtones actually proved to be very grown up. I was totally wrapped up in this story just like a kid hearing his favorite bedtime story.
If someone were to catch this movie in the middle or just see clips of the trailers, then the movie would look like an LSD trip on film. But it really was a very sensible and touching movie which needed every bit of the exaggerated and iconic symbols used. The colorful story was equally matched by the colorful scenes. Big Fish was a big success.