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Throughout his life Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor) has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, portrayed by five-time Best Actor Oscar nominee AlbertFinney (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Erin Brockovich, 2000), he remains a huge mystery to his son, William (Billy Crudup). Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie.

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After a string of mediocre movies, director Tim Burton regains his footing as he shifts from macabre fairy tales to Southern tall tales. Big Fish twines in and out of the oversized stories of Edward Bloom, played as a young man by Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge, Down with Love) and as a dying father by Albert Finney (Tom Jones). Edward's son Will (Billy Crudup, Almost Famous) 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. 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. Also featuring Jessica Lange, Alison Lohman, Helena Bonham Carter, Danny DeVito, and Steve Buscemi. --Bret Fetzer

Rating : - Very moving tale about a Father's Lifetime of whimsical stories!
QUICK PLOT - A mans father is dying, as the son tries to makes sense of a lifetime of his father's whimsical tales.

This movie demonstrates that we need to appreciate the people in our lives as "Perfectly Imperfect". Ewan McGregor plays the role of a son to a very charismatic father who was known for telling grand and whimsical tales. Although the son loved his father's stories as a child, as an adult he felt that the stories were a barrier to a true and meaningful relationship between them. After some investigation, it turns out that his father's tales were not entirely without merit - and the adult son grows to cherish his father's spirit.

Excellent movie, that invokes many emotions and thought about cherishing the friends and family in our lives, and excepting them for who they are.