

Big Fish
An adventure as big as life itself.
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $70M
- Box office
- $123.2M
- Language
- English
- witch
- fish
- love of one's life
- parent child relationship
- circus
- fairy tale
- fishing
- leech
- story teller
- fair
- mermaid
- apoplectic stroke
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical26 Mar 2004
United StatesUS
- PremiereHammerstein Ballroom4 Dec 2003
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1310 Dec 2003
- TheatricalPG-139 Jan 2004
United KingdomGB
- PremierePGLondon23 Jan 2004
- TheatricalPG30 Jan 2004
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical26 Mar 2004
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG5 Feb 2004
CanadaCA
- PremierePGToronto10 Dec 2003
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical5 Feb 2004
AustriaAT
- Theatrical9 Apr 2004
BahrainBH
- Theatrical25 Feb 2004
BelgiumBE
- Premiere9Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films12 Mar 2004
- Theatrical917 Mar 2004
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL20 Feb 2004
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical27 Feb 2004
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Big Fish was released on 10 December 2003.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
JPV852
5/14/2021
First time seeing this since probably 2003 in theaters and it's absolutely heartfelt and charming, probably one of Tim Burton's best films, or at least one of my personal favorites of his. Great performances all around but especially Ewan McGregor and Albert Finney. Really well done. **4.5/5**
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
5/30/2025
I must admit I did struggle a little to wonder how Ewan McGregor could ever age into Albert Finley, but then as the whole principle of this story is to stretch the truth, then I suppose why not! It’s those very far-fetched sort of scenarios that caused this family’s problems in the first place as the young “Will” (Bully Crudup) has to return home after a three year estrangement from dad “Ed” (Finney) when the latter …
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