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#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – United Press International journalist Will Bloom and his French freelance photojournalist wife Josephine Bloom, who is pregnant with their first child, leave their Paris base to return to Will’s hometown of Ashton, Alabama on the news that his father, Edward Bloom, stricken with cancer, will soon die, he being taken off chemotherapy treatment. Although connected indirectly through Will’s mother/Edward’s wife, Sandra Bloom, Will has been estranged from his father for three years since his and Josephine’s wedding. Will’s issue with his father is the fanciful tales Edward has told of his life all his life, not only to Will but the whole world. As a child when Edward was largely absent as a traveling salesman, Will believed those stories, but now realizes that he does not know his father, who, as he continues to tell these stories, he will never get to know unless Edward comes clean with the truth before he dies. On the brink of his own family life beginning, Will does not want to be the kind of father Edward has been to him. One of those stories from Edward’s childhood – that he saw his own death in the glass eye of a witch – led to him embracing life since he would not have to fear death knowing when and how it would eventually come. The question is whether Will will be able to reconcile Edward’s stories against his real life, either directly from Edward before he dies and/or from other sources, and thus allow Will to come to a new understanding of himself and his life, past, present and future.
Plot: Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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Ratings:
 |  8.0/10 Votes: 417,264 |
 | 75% |
 | 58/100 |
 | 7.8 Votes: 5445 Popularity: 20.142 |
Reviews:
Lying as an Art Form
What do you say about this movie?I am at a total loss to describe it. The concept itself, a son tries to come to terms with his dying father that he knows nothing about but an enormous catalog of unbelievable stories, doesn’t sound very promising. It sounds like a tired old formula, and I expected such when the rental started playing
It’s not.
Werewolves, giants, witches, siamese twins, bank robbers, hidden cities, sirens, etc. are all present in the fantasy, but they seem unremarkably to be part of the life of an otherwise ordinary traveling salesman. Whether they really are or not is never made completely clear, but that’s the rub.
I once read a review by Harlan Ellison in which the main point was how a well told lie illuminates the truth in far better clarity than a simple recitation of the facts ever can. At one point in the film, the questing son remarks to his bed-ridden father that he’s heard all of his stories thousands of times, and he has know idea who his father really is. The father’s reply is, `I’ve never been anybody but me from the day I was born. If you don’t know who I am, that’s your failing, not mine.’ Later investigations make the point clearer. I’ll bet Ellison loved this movie. It is an extraordinary lie.
Did I like the film? You bet. It’s Tim Burton’s best work without a doubt. Is it for everybody? Probably not. Many will find it confusing and pointless, but good fantasy is like that. All I can say is, relax and let it happen. You won’t regret it.
Review By: Low Man Rating: Date: 2004-08-08
Other Information:
Original Title Big Fish
Release Date 2003-12-25
Release Year 2003
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 5 min (125 min)
Budget 70000000
Revenue 123218424
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Director Tim Burton
Writer Daniel Wallace (novel), John August (screenplay)
Actors Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange
Country USA
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 68 nominations.
Production Company Zanuck Company, Jinks/Cohen Company, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Website N/A
Technical Information:
Sound Mix DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS (8 channels), Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe (color)
Film Length 3,424 m (Switzerland)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Digital Intermediate (4K) (2021 remaster), Spherical (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383)
Original title Big Fish
TMDb Rating 7.8 5,445 votes
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