Big Fish (2003)

7.6	Listal rating
8	IMDB rating

Directed by

Tim Burton

Starring (View all)

Ed Bloom - Young

Ed Bloom - Senior

Will Bloom

Sandra Bloom - Senior

Helena Bonham Carter

Jenny - Young / Jenny - Senior / The Witch

Alison Lohman

Sandra Bloom - Young

Robert Guillaume

Dr. Bennett - Senior

Marion Cotillard

Josephine Bloom

Written by

Daniel Wallace

John August

(screenplay)

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When you meet the love of your life, time stops.

2 years, 1 month ago at Mar 31 10:49

AgentLexi

10 votes

''They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up.''

A story about a son trying to learn more about his dying father by reliving stories his father told him about himself.

Ewan McGregor: Ed Bloom - Young

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1 year, 3 months ago at Feb 6 9:01

propelas

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The fishermen, among others, are famous for their ability to lie. This is the starting point for the story narrated by Tim Burton in Big Fish. Based on the homonymous novel by Daniel Wallace, the Burton describes a son's attempt to understand the real life of his father. It is perhaps the most mainstream creation Burton maintained but quite surreal and 'magical' elements. Who else would give so vi... read more

A great movie

1 year, 3 months ago at Jan 31 5:38

johanlefourbe

2 votes

In my opinion, it is probably the last great movie directed by Tim Burton, maybe his best one ever. I mean, he has made some good flicks afterwards but never as inspired and inspiring as this one. The first time I saw it, I thought it was pretty good. But I don't know why, the second time, I thought it was just amazing. The visuals, the directing, the perfomances,... everything was just great. For... read more

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Description: Big Fish twines in and out of the oversized stories of Edward Bloom, played as a young man by Ewan McGregor and as a dying father by Albert Finney. Edward's son Will (Billy Crudup) sits by his father's bedside, but has little patience with the old man's fables, because he feels these stories have kept him from knowing who his father r ... (more)

Release date : 9 January 2004
UPC: 043396008373

Fantasy (72), Drama (62), Adventure (35), Comedy (31), 2000s (26), 2003 (23), Tim Burton (20), Death (17), Surreal (16), Circus (15), Illness (13), Usa (12), Tall Tale (11), Narration (11), Life Stories (10), (9), Giant (9), Witch (8), Salesman (8), Fish (5)

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"A film filled with a series of dramatized fanciful stories, legends, myths, whimsical and magical autobiography - when estranged and doubting prodigal son Will (Billy Crudup as adult son) returned home to console and confront his tall tale-telling, dying cancer victim father Ed Bloom (Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor as a younger traveling salesman), including the scene of Ed transformed into a big catfish to swim away forever ("the biggest fish in the river gets that way by never being caught") "