throw this one back?

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2004)

"Big Fish" is a lot of fun to watch, but that's about it. It involves a father, Ed Bloom (Finney) and the tall tales he tells his son Will (Crudup), which are told in flashbacks played by McGregor. The fun in this film is watching Ed Bloom's many adventures and guessing which ones are real and which ones are fabrications. What's true and what isn't is mostly revealed at the end. This film should be classified as a "warmedy." It's hard to say if this film is memorable, I liked it but I'm already forgetting it. Still, the story-telling spans a whole life and Tim Burton makes the journey enjoyable. There are quite a number of complex scenes with a lot going on (the circus, the town of Spectre, etc.), that Burton pulls off remarkably well. All in all, a good film.