On the backdrop of his father Edward Bloom's cancer, Will Bloom, an international journalist, and his wife, French photojournalist Josephine Blum, pregnant with her first child, left for Paris to return to Ashton, Alabama, to see him. They both left in mysterious circumstances but his father quickly dies Edward . Although there was a direct connection to Will's mother - Edward's wife, Sandra Blum -, Will was neglected for three years. After Edward's death, his father's case will be one of Edward's fairy tales and may reveal many surprises.
13 April 1994, USA
30 November 1927, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 June 1969, Mt. Airy, North Carolina, USA
12 February 1936, Blairsville, Georgia, USA
8 July 1968, Manhasset, New York, USA
20 April 1949, Cloquet, Minnesota, USA
24 July 1981, Wetumpka, Alabama, USA
17 November 1944, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
31 August 1990, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
23 November 1992, Franklin, Tennessee, USA
4 September 1995, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
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January 12, 2016
the father-and-son story to beat all father-and-son stories
March 16, 2004
Burton shows the rivalry between father and son but not the rancor, which seems to fit with the film's calm lyricism. But the father-son conflict is meant as the dramatic crux, and a forceful actor would have given it some much-needed bite.
January 08, 2004
A compelling look at the relationships between fathers and sons, and the child coming to terms with the parent's mortality.
February 09, 2006
The film doesn't so much reject history as selectively rewrite it to its own reactionary, even offensive ends. This might perhaps be just about tolerable were the film funny, illuminating, insightful or moving. It is not.
December 26, 2003
A long-winded indulgence in tear-and-a-smile whimsy.
August 21, 2009
Burton, favoring form over content, flavor over fact, has been often criticized for not knowing how to bring his work to satisfactory resolution. But I'd call that a good thing. Blame it on his dad.
April 29, 2009
Burton invokes the imagination from his crowd and succeeds in making us gasp in wonder.
September 25, 2010
Reliant more on powerful familial emotions than wacky splendor, "Big Fish" treads as close to our real world as Tim Burton ever could - a melancholy dissection of paternal distance and never truly knowing how many lives those we love can truly affect.
December 22, 2010
Delightful, sad father-son story for teens and up.
October 18, 2008
Never has going fishing or getting caught been such a treat.
August 07, 2004
Overall, the film feels like it issues from a place Burton doesn't inhabit.
December 26, 2003
A disappointingly dull thud of a fantasy.
