Big Fish (2003) Movie Review (Movie Review Sample)

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Big Fish (2003)
The Movie "Big Fish (2003)" is the narration of the story of a dying father and his inquisitive son. Edward Bloom had spent his life meeting incredible people and had amazing adventures before the birth of his son. These experiences form the bulk of the stories that he tells to his son, stories that are repeated over and again. These stories are told repeatedly in various events. Some characters in the film find these stories to be charming and they in turn treat Bloom as a hero. His son, who worked as a journalistlistened to the stories so many times and he feels that they hid the reality of who his dad was. Will, the son to Bill, after being summoned by the family prompts his Father through his exasperated request where he needs himfinally to tell him the truth about himself. The movie is a great one to watch as it address the issue of family relations, immortality, embellishing the truth and reconciliation in fabulous ways.
Bloom’s Wife considers his husband to be heroic and charming and they get along on very well. The stories that are told in the movie encompass a series of flashbacks that trigger a sense of eagerness on to Bloom’s listeners in their attempt to understand his life. The movie "Big Fish" evokes a big question on how much should someone know about his father? Indeed, Will finds the stories his dad told to be too much. After starting work as a journalist, Will cuts communication with his dad and this remains the same for years.
The story evokes, to the audience the need to understand our close relations. Indeed, the movie tempts us to ask questions about our fathers, who they are, what they do and did, what their life was when they were young and the dreams they had for themselves and their families. According to Will, the desire to understand this from his father prompts him to "tell the truth" since he perceived that his father never told the straight truth about everything. On the other hand, Edward Bloom well demonstrates the need to be a loving husband. He advocates for a loving husband-wife monogamous relationship. This is seen as he was courting and during marriage. By helping reinstate an entire town and offering financial help revealed to Will that his father was generous and loyal not only to his family but his charity had begun at home and into the entire society.
Through the stories that makeup the life of Bloom, there is the provocation of the sense of immortality. The stories are repeated to anyone who listens and Will confess that his Father’s stories had immortalized him. With every time the story is told, Edward Bloom comes to life and thrives in the memories that others hold concerning his life. The story is not only about just the tall tales that are told, it is all about immortality.
Edward Bloom deserves the title Big Fish. In a small pod, he did not thrive since he was meant for a bigger calling. To create more sense of immortality, the movie Big Fish uses both real and fictional unforgettable characters. Their role in the life of Bloom creates a series of visual fantasies while friends such as Karl the giant, anthropomorphic trees, conjoined Korean twins and The Witch whose eyes tell the future builds on the concept of immortality in the movie.
Edward Bloom in the entire movie tries to personify the mythical and the bumptious life as he is constantly embellishing and shading the truth. Edward Bloom told stories that he often repeated, tall tales that...