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 BIG
FISH. Drama/fantasy/comedy.
125 minutes. PG-13. All his life, Edward Bloom excelled in story telling
and exaggerated tall tales, many of which he told to his son, William. As
the years passed, Edward and William’s relationship became disconnected
as the two stopped talking to each other. Finding himself at the side of
his father’s deathbed and not really knowing the truth to all the tale
tales, William tries his best to make sense of all that his father told
him.
With
his previous effort, Planet of the Apes, director Tim Burton struck out
with a miserable failure, in my opinion. However, and again in my opinion,
Mr. Burton has hit a grand slam with Big Fish. Edward Bloom’s tall tales
are beautifully depicted with all the great exaggeration one would expect
from such a great story teller. The story is fun, sad, and often fantastic
with overflowing imagination. As you may expect, the production and acting
values are beyond top notch. The DVD is loaded with a number of cool
extras:
Burton
commentary, a number of featuretts, etc. Watch Big Fish so you will never
have to refer to it as “the one that got away.”- Denis Sheehan
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