Big Fish

We watched Big Fish the other night. I’m not sure what to make of it. It’s a strange tale of a man who never told his son the real story of his life. Running away with a giant, working with a circus, falling in love and vowing to marry a girl he has only seen once. Finding himself in a strange town, which dies and which he brings back to life. It was always a tale made up. Or was it? At the end of the movie Albert Finney, the father, has died and his funeral is being held. And all of the odd characters who were in those tales have come to be present. A very unusual film. It’s one I wouldn’t give high marks to but I’m glad I saw it. Jessica Lange plays the mother and Billy Crudupp is the son. Both parts were well played. Danny DeVito has a wonderful bit part as a circus ringmaster. And what about that giant? Where did they find him? I guess there's enough there to make the movie worth seeing.