I expected something quite different (and a lot better)

Rating: Null/10 (17 September 2004)

Big Fish appears before viewing to be a fantasy with an unusual and interesting twist. What a treat that would have been.
Unfortunately, it turns out to be another boring character study, this time of an old man who has been fantasizing and telling tall tales his entire life, and how the people around him react to him and his imaginings. Naturally for this type of film, the characters react in a completely unrealistic manner. They all find him to be fascinating in a way that makes one think that the filmmaker has as much touch with how real human beings act as the main character in this film appears to have with reality.
Of course I won't relate the "touching" conclusion, but my reaction at the end was "Bah, I've wasted another two hours."