Big Fish (2003)

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8	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Tim Burton

Starring (View all)

Ewan McGregor
Ed Bloom (young)

Albert Finney
Ed Bloom (senior)

Billy Crudup
Will Bloom

Jessica Lange
Sandra Bloom

Helena Bonham Carter
Jenny

Alison Lohman
Sandra Bloom (young)

Robert Guillaume
Dr. Bennett (senior)

Marion Cotillard
Josephine

Written by

Daniel Wallace

John August
(screenplay)

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

16 years, 4 months ago at Mar 31 15:49

Lexi

11 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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13 years, 2 months ago at Jun 13 21:42

Joe

6 votes

Ed Bloom Senior (Albert Finney)is on his dying bed in his last few days and his son comes back to be with him for his final journey. They haven't gotten along for a long time and he (Billy Crudup) seeks to understand his father's life choices through the final stories Ed Senior tells him on his death bed.
It's a simple story that will not fail to touch the hearts of most you that will watc... read more

A great movie

15 years, 6 months ago at Jan 31 11:38

johanlefourbe

2 votes

I already saw this movie but, since it was a while back and since I had it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, the first time around, I was actually quite blown away by the damned thing. Seriously, I thought it might have been Tim Burton’s best movie ever. Eventually, even if it might not be his very best, it was probably the last great movie he did deliver which is rathe... 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 really is. Director Burton dives into Bloom's imagination with zest, sending the determined young man into haunted woods, an idealized Southern town, a traveling circus, and much more. The result is sweet but—thanks to the director's dark and clever sensibility—never saccharine. Big Fish will dra ... (more)

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