Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- witch
- fish
- love of one's life
- parent child relationship
- circus
- fairy tale
- fishing
- leech
- story teller
- fair
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ewan McGregor
Ed Bloom (young)
Albert Finney
Ed Bloom (senior)
Billy Crudup
Will Bloom
Jessica Lange
Sandra Bloom (senior)
- Helena Bonham Carter — Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch
- Alison Lohman — Sandra Bloom (young)
- Robert Guillaume — Dr. Bennett (senior)
- Marion Cotillard — Josephine
- Matthew McGrory — Karl the Giant
- David Denman — Don Price (age 18-22)
- Missi Pyle — Mildred
- Loudon Wainwright III — Beamen
- Ada Tai — Ping
- Arlene Tai — Jing
- Steve Buscemi — Norther Winslow
- Directed
- Tim Burton
- Written
- John August
Production
- Rating
- 7.7 / 10 · 7,924 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, The Zanuck Company, Jinks/Cohen Company, Tim Burton Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
