Tim Burton's Masterpeice

Rating: 9/10 (26 January 2004)

Tim Burton, the man that made us sad in "Edward Scissorhands", the man that chilled our bones from "Sleepy Hollow", the man that tickled our funny bone in "Ed Wood" and "Mars Attacks", and the man that helped bring some of our comic book hero to life in "Batman" and "Batman Returns". Now he has amazed us all by showing us how great of a director that he truly is in his Masterpiece, "Big Fish".
Based a the novel written by Daniel Wallace, "Big Fish" is a great story about a man ,Ed Bloom, who tells many people stories of his "fairy tallish" life, and how he and his son , William become estranged due to the son growing weary of his father's "tall tales". When the Ed becomes sick his son William comes to his father while he is on his, what might be, his last days to life. William soon finds out that he's father's stories weren't as fake as he thought.
With an excellent cast, featuring Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, and Steve Buscemi, Danny DeVito, and others that I did not mention, this movie becomes one of the best the movies of the year. The great acting by Crudup and Finney makes it feel that they are not fictional characters, but real life father and son. The other acting performances are nice and exquisite, and the dialogue is nice and fresh. This movie is always full of symbolism, and a lot that I probably can't figure out on my own. This wonderful film also had a good amount of scenes that had the audience, and me, laughing, without crude humor.

I believe that this film will stand the test of time, and I recommend this movie to anyone who likes to watch movies.
4.5/5