Storyline
The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
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Cast
Jason Schwartzman, Christoph Waltz, Kari-Ann Wood, Heather Doerksen, Terence Stamp, Michael Kopsa, Amy Adams, Danny Huston, Brent Chapman, Patricia Mayen-Salazar, Jill Morrison, Eliza Norbury, James Saito, Dale Wolfe, Leela Savasta, Jon Polito, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Krysten Ritter, Darren Dolynski, Pomaika'i Brown, Brittney Irvin, Stephanie Bennett, Tony Alcantar, Sean Campbell, Farryn VanHumbeck, Emily Fonda, Delaney Raye, Madeleine Arthur, Guido Furlani, Elisabetta Fantone, David Milchard, Emily Maddison, Andrea Bucko, Aaron Craven, Julie Johnson, Deni DeLory, Ryan Beil, Fiona Vroom
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Reviews
88
Adams. From the first time we saw her on the screen, we knew what she was feeling and thinking, just from staring into those huge, hopeful and sometimes hurt eyes. Her big eyes make this Big Eyes one of the best pictures of the year.
83
Despite its sharp feminist sting, Big Eyes never loses its light touch. Maybe the lesson here is that Burton should venture out of his dark, creepy comfort zone more often.
80
This nimble, bemused, culturally curious look at the married instigators of the kitschy “big eyes” paintings of the early 1960s exerts an enjoyably eccentric appeal while also painting a troubling picture of male dominance and female submissiveness a half-century ago.
80
Especially in a year so devoid of serious female-led dramas, it's invigorating to see a feminist crowd-pleaser with the force of moral righteousness on its side. But Big Eyes is good, not great. What keeps it from excellence is its reluctance to explore the very questions it raises.
75
Nimble, off the beaten track and very entertaining, it’s the cinematic equivalent of a lava lamp.
