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MickeyMoose15
01-10-2004, 01:37 AM
Released December 10th, 2003

Director: Tim Burton

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Jessica Lange, Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi, Billy Crudup, Alison Lohman, Hailey Anne Nelson, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillarcd

Premise: In the heartwarming film "Big Fish," director Tim Burton ("Batman," 'Edward Scissorhands") brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son. Edward Bloom (Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as a young man (McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from a small-town in Alabama, around the world, and back again. His mythic exploits dart from the delightful to the delirious as he weaves epic tales about giants, blizzards, a witch and conjoined-twin lounge singers. With his larger-than-life stories, Bloom charms almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son Will (Crudup). When his mother Sandra (Lange) tries to reunite them, Will must learn how to separate fact from fiction as he comes to terms with his father's great feats and great failings.

“There are some fish that can’t be caught. It’s not that they’re bigger or faster then the other fish, they’re just touched by something extra.”

Does Columbia enjoy sitting on their butts while the other studios gather Oscar praise? They started 2003 off not so promisingly with Darkness Falls and Tears of the Sun while limping through the summer with sub par hits like Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Bad Boys II. Is it that they have no more ambition left in them to put forth the effort? Was it the tremendous embarrassment of Gigli that is the true cause for their lack of marketing strength? If so then that is too bad. No, not because of real Oscar hope for Mona Lisa Smile (Julia Roberts doesn’t need another Oscar statue) or Something’s Gotta Give is gone but the fact that the studio may have had a real chance with Tim Burton’s big screen adaptation of a not so well known tale, Big Fish ....

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tabuno
01-12-2004, 03:51 AM
MickeyMoose15 full movie review perfectly captures in a snapshot, the essence of the movie in both its strengths and weaknesses including the specific actor roles and particular scenes of brilliance and flaws. The link to the full movie review is recommended for anyone who is interested in really discussing this movie. Four out of four stars for the movie review.

MickeyMoose15
01-13-2004, 08:57 PM
Thanks for the endorsement.