A terrific way to tell a life story

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2015)

I have no hesitation in giving this movie 10/10, it is one of the best films I have ever seen and one that is engaging from the very first minute.
Burton uses his trademark "painting" to create backdrops that draw the viewer to the scene without being distracting from the dialogue and voice-overs that move the story along (I'm thinking of the circus, the show with the Siamese twins and Specter, but there are many more).
The movie has one of the best endings of ANY one that I have seen. As the film begins and progresses, it seems as if it is a ridiculous exaggeration of a man's life, and even though the series of flashbacks are interesting and pithy it seems as if the point of the movie is to put together a chain of fables and embellishments. Then in the last few minutes of the movie you realize that there is a very good reason for all of this.
An example of superb story-telling, I count it among a very limited number of movies that I could watch every day and still appreciate.