A great film about a father and son relationship

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 2004)

I really enjoyed this film. Being the father of a young son and an occasional story-teller, like my father before me, it really hit home.
I thought it was well acted, especially by Ewan McGregor and Jessica Lange. I thought the story line to be original, though some compare it to Forest Gump, I think that would be like oranges to apples.
The tall tales envoked a fantasy setting, though with a charming down to earth style. You really wanted those stories to be true. And in the end, it was hard to tell the fact from the fiction, perhaps lost in time.
It's the story of a son who just wants to know the truth about his father and is fed up with all the tales. A no-nonsense guy who has to come to grips with the fact his father is dying, yet he has never been able to understand him or all the stories.
Wonderfully told.