Big Fish
Edward Bloom (Old: Albert Finney, Young: Ewan McGregor) led a remarkable life. But you wouldn't know it if you talked to his son, Will (Billy Crudup). To him, the stories his father told blur the line between reality and fiction and he is confused on what is true and what is false. His father's failure to be up front about his past soured the relationship between the two, at one point not talking to each other for a few years. Soon, Edward is dying, a combination of old age and cancer, and Will tries one last time to communicate with his father and, with his journalistic mentality, searches for the truth and patiently waits for the real Edward Bloom to please stand up.

Director Tim Burton has always been a genius in using the screen to transform his imagination to reality for all the world to see. With the free-wheeling script he's been given, Burton runs wild with enthusiasm to create wondrous stories out of Edward Bloom, a man whose stories are truly unbelievable, but, with its scenes re-created, making us believe as well. Wondering about whether the events Edward goes through are true or what his motives were shouldn't be really important; the question to ask when listening to Edward is whether he can capture your attention. Like Will's pregnant wife midway through the movie when she becomes enchanted with Edward's storytelling, particularly telling how he wooed his wife-to-be, which by the way showed off the beauty of Alison Lohman, I became mesmerized by the stories Burton told which resulted in a very enjoyable film to watch. 3.5 stars