Big Fish (2003)

Big Fish is a fantasy/drama film based on the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace.

Tim Burton directed the film that stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Cudrup, Jessica Lange, Helen Bonham Carter, Alison Lohman, Robert Guillaume, Marion Cotillard (Inception), Steve Buscemi, and Danny DeVito.

The movie was released in U.S. theaters in December 2003 and to DVD and Blu-ray on April 27, 2004.

Rating: PG-13 for a fight scene, some images of nudity, and a suggestive reference.

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes.


Big Fish (2003)

Category Severity Time Description Sentence Before
0:08:21-0:08:25 A brief elevated view is seen. Son: "No, no, no. You shouldn't." Josephine: "I'm going with you."
0:09:11-0:09:16 are mentioned. Edward: "You get nightmares." Will: "But I'm not scared." Edward: "Well, neither was I, at first."
0:09:11-0:09:16 are mentioned. Edward: "You get nightmares." Will: "But I'm not scared." Edward: "Well, neither was I, at first."
0:28:41-0:30:22 A swarm of bees and multiple are seen and interacted with. Karl: "You're just trying to run away, aren't you?" Edward: "Here, just to be sure, you can take my pack."
0:35:11-0:35:43 A is seen. Edward: "It's only three lines long." Norther: "This is why you should never show a work in progress."
1:05:06-1:05:57 A bloody one-sided fight is seen. Don: "This is my girl. Mine!" Edward: like wasn't aware that she belonged to anyone."
1:08:30-1:09:06 Elevated views are seen. Edward: "When I was offered a secret mission to steal the plans for the Wong Kai Tang power plant, I jumped at the chance to serve my country."
1:28:10-1:28:35 An extended submersion is seen. Will: "It was enough to buy my wife a proper house, with a white picket fence, and for that, it was all the riches a man could ever want."
1:33:30-1:34:26 An extended submersion is seen. Jenny: "One night he was returning from three weeks on the road when he hit a thunderstorm unlike any in his life."
1:34:26-1:34:45 An elevated view is briefly seen. Jenny: "One night he was returning from three weeks on the road when he hit a thunderstorm unlike any in his life."
1:52:35-1:52:43 An elevated view is briefly seen. Edward: "And we have to take Glenville to avoid the church traffic, because the damn church people drive too slow." ...

Reviewed March 2016

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