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Who’s in it: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Danny DeVito
What it’s about: Edward Bloom (Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his mythic exploits as a young man (McGregor). His larger-than-life stories charm almost everyone he encounters except for his estranged son, Will (Billy Crudup), whose, mother Sandra (Lange), tries to reunite them.
Worth watching? (star)(star)
“The one that got away. Tim Burton plays up the fun but misses the point … ‘Big Fish’ flounders largely because Burton leaves out the meaning of the story, which was about the seductive power of fiction. In offering no meaning besides pictures, ‘Big Fish’ has no power at all.”
