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Big Fish (2003)
8
PG-13
Duration: 125min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: Tim Burton
Plot: When Edward was young, he loved telling his son about his legendary experiences. He claimed he had experienced many bizarre, magical, and absurd things. Will did not believe it and thought his father was vain and boastful. The relationship between father and son gradually became alienated. Until his father got cancer and died soon, the son decided to go back to see his father for the last time. When the son faced his father on the sickbed, his father began to talk about his legendary experiences in his early years. From his father's weak breath, Will seemed to understand feelings he had never had. When William, a reporter, began to investigate his father's story, he began to understand his father and his love of storytelling.
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter
Keywords: parent child relationship, witch, circus, love of one's life, fishing, fish, mermaid, fair, story teller, leech
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7.8
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7.8
PG
Duration: 102min
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