Tim Burton's Tall Tale

Rating: 7/10 (30 August 2010)

A change of pace for director Tim Burton, about a young man (Billy Crudup) trying to come to terms with his father (Albert Finney) by bonding with him over his father's tall tales about his past.
Ewan McGregor plays Finney as a young man, and the story sequences give Burton free reign to indulge his penchant for fantasy and surrealism. The present-day portions of the film, which also feature Jessica Lange as Crudup's mom, are a bit more heavy handed and sappy, the sentimental overdose barely kept in check by the good actors.
Danny Elfman provided the Academy Award-nominated score.
Grade: B+