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10/12/2003 Adventure, Fantasy, Drama 2h 5m
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An adventure as big as life itself.

Overview

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.

  1. Tim Burton

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ewan McGregor

    Ed Bloom (young)

  2. Albert Finney

    Ed Bloom (senior)

  3. Billy Crudup

    Will Bloom

  4. Jessica Lange

    Sandra Bloom (senior)

  5. Helena Bonham Carter

    Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch

  6. Alison Lohman

    Sandra Bloom (young)

  7. Robert Guillaume

    Dr. Bennett (senior)

  8. Marion Cotillard

    Josephine

  9. Matthew McGrory

    Karl the Giant

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-05-30
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 man is diagnosed with terminal cancer. A sort of uneasy truce breaks out between them as we realise that extent of their issues is more that the young lad actually beli...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$70,000,000.00

Revenue
$123,200,000.00

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