Literary Parallels for An Excellent Film

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2004)

An excellent movie. A throwback to Faulkner and Southerners. Yet approachable. This movie explores some of the same ideas as some works by Faulkner. Most specifically The Sound and the Furry. The ideas that overlap are the concept that one can live on through the stories you tell. Also, the propensity for Southerners to uphold this story telling tradition. Another movie that examines some of the same ideas is Second Hand Lions.
Both are good movies, but Big Fish is in a class of its own. A class of greatness. This movie is a legend about the legends of a legend. Good performances and good directing contribute to a good movie.