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Friday, January 16, 2004
MOVIE REVIEW: BIG FISH (2003) * * 1/2 (2 and a half stars out of 4).
External link: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/bigfish/
Tim Burton is probably my favorite living director, but his latest movie, about a man who tells hard-to-believe "fish stories," is not one of his best. Big Fish tries to walk a line that keeps it both outlandishly creative and also straightforwardly charming. But it ends up missing both targets. And while it is often very visually creative, it lacks much of the creepy-cool imagery that characterizes Burton's best films, such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman, and even Pee-wee's Big Adventure. I think that if Big Fish had been more outrageous and over the top, it would have been more satisfying on that level, and also more charming and touching at the same time. Also, at two hours and five minutes, the movie definitely felt a little too long. It would have been very easy to take 20 minutes out of that movie, and the result would have been a better, more entertaining film.
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