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Big Fish

2003 · Movie · 120 min

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Scores

  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer75%as of 2024-08-02
  • Rotten Tomatoes average7.1/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic58/100as of 2025-07-14

What it is

Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy drama film directed by Tim Burton. It is based on the 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard, Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito.

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Genres
Fantasy / Drama / Comedy
Original language
English

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