Edward Bloom has always told tall tales of his life, that charm everyone apart from his son Will. When Will's mother Sandra tries to bring the pair back together, Will must try and learn what parts of his father's epic tales of giants, witches and blizzards are fact and which are fiction.
Burton lands a prize catch
'Big Fish’ marks a return to the fairytale leanings of his earlier films for Burton. However, whilst his other films are dark and brooding, ‘Big Fish’ is quite the opposite colourful, extravagant and vibrant. The dual story of Edward Bloom’s life allows Burton to go wild with his fantastical imagery, while grounding its other side in reality.
On his death bed, Edward Bloom is trying to reconcile his relationship with his son who claims not to know his father because of all the outlandish stories he has told him about his life. This gives Burton licence to show us giants, Siamese twins, circus freaks and all manner of oddities.
Burton is often seen simply...
Big Fish Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney star as young and old incarnations of Edward Bloom, a teller of tall tales to his disbelieving son Billy Crudup. Charming yarn from Tim Burton
"In telling the story of my father, it's hard to separate fact from fiction. But that's the kind of story it is." So says William Bloom (Crudup) during the opening stages of Tim Burton's literally fabulous Big Fish. Bloom's father is Edward Bloom (Finney), an old codger who may be largely benign but is deemed a bullshitter by his son, and a selfish one at that. Edward's endless recounting of yarns about himself has distanced father and son. But when Edward is diagnosed with terminal cance...
"In telling the story of my father, it's hard to separate fact from fiction. But that's the kind of story it is." So says William Bloom (Crudup) during the opening stages of Tim Burton's literally fabulous Big Fish. Bloom's father is Edward Bloom (Finney), an old codger who may be largely benign but is deemed a bullshitter by his son, and a selfish one at that. Edward's endless recounting of yarns about himself has distanced father and son. But when Edward is diagnosed with terminal cancer, William returns to the family home to try and make his peace, and find out who his father really is. Bed-bound, and with an audience of not just the cynical William but also his receptive wife ...
Big Fish
After his foray into the dangerous world of remakes with Planet of the Apes, director Tim Burton returns to more familiar territory — a strange place somewhere between reality and fantasy, dream and nightmare. Albert Finney plays Edward Bloom, an Alabama travelling salesman whose apparent neglect and selfishness, coupled with ridiculous stories of his exploits, have driven a wedge between him and son Will (Billy Crudup). Called to his father's deathbed, Will is infuriated when his wife is regaled with tall tales in which young Edward (Ewan McGregor) encounters a giant, a witch, a shape-changing circus ringmaster and a big fish no one can catch. Intent on exposing h...
It was fantastic. Wow. I absolutely loved it. I almost cried at the end.. I definitely choked up. It's so .. different. It's nothing I've ever seen before. Tim Burton is a genious.
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