This
is a smart fantasy that reawakens the child in all of us
without ever insulting our intelligence. Within this fantasy-
rooted-in-reality film created by the one of a kind Tim
Burton we are treated to Siamese twins, a witch, a giant,
a werewolf, a hidden creepy town, a secret mission, a huge
fish, and a bank robbery gone wrong.
The importance of storytelling and how it's necessary to
have an element of mystery and magic in this cold, cynical
world that we live in is one of the main themes to this
film. Family and really knowing your parents is an emotional
note that also lives within this film.
We find the main character played by Billy Crudup at his
dad's sick bed trying to fathom this man who has spent his
life telling tall tales and his frustrated son has no idea
who he really is. You can feel the lonely, sadness and even
anger that he has felt his whole life as he struggles to
figure out if his father has ever told him anything that
is true. All he has are the fantastic tall tales that his
father has spent his life telling him and he is desperate
to get to know his father before its too late. It’s
a beautiful fairy tale of a film that everyone should see.
You are destined to leave the theatre believing just a little
in the power of the imagination.
