Havasimy

I saw the movie Big Fish this past weekend. It was great. I really liked it. It had a fairy tale quality to it. That's about the best way I can describe it. A fairy tale made for adults. It's a tale about the relationship with a dying man and his son. The man always told long stories that everyone loved except his son who has grown weary of them. The man was never around and most of the movie is told in flashbacks of the man's adventures. The stories seem impossible. They include a town where nobody leaves, a traveling circus with assorted "freaks" and a witch who could show people how they were going to die. The movie is also a love story between the man and his wife. It includes him catching his first sight of her and everything else just freezing in space. Alison Lohman and Jessica Lange both play the wife and it is the best case of one actress playing the younger version of another actress in flashbacks and very much looking the part I've seen since Mila Kunis played the younger version of Angelina Jolie in Gia.
Generally, when people ask my opinion of a movie currently in theatres, my ranking system is based on how much I'd pay to see it. Rankings generally go from seeing it multiple times in the theatre (X-Men), paying full price to see it in the theatre (Bad Santa), pay matinee price to see it in the theatre (Cheaper By The Dozen), $1 theatre (Scary Movie 3), wait til it's on dvd/netflix (The Matrix Reloaded), wait til it's on cable (Alex and Emma), and, finally, watch on cable only if nothing else is on (Charlie's Angels).
Big Fish definitely gets a solid "pay full price".