Big Eyes

Name: Big Eyes
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: December 25, 2014
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz

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Weinstein Company, The | Release Date: December 25, 2014 | PG-13

Starring: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz

Summary: Big Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The truth would eventually beBig Eyes is based on the true story of Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), who was one of the most successful painters of the 1950s and early 1960s. The artist earned staggering notoriety by revolutionizing the commercialization and accessibility of popular art with his enigmatic paintings of waifs with big eyes. The truth would eventually be discovered though: Keane's art was actually not created by him at all, but by his wife, Margaret (Amy Adams). The Keanes, it seemed, had been living a lie that had grown to gigantic proportions. Big Eyes centers on Margaret's awakening as an artist, the phenomenal success of her paintings, and her tumultuous relationship with her husband, who was catapulted to international fame while taking credit for her work. [The Weinstein Company]… Expand

Director: Tim Burton

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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Mick LaSalle

Dec 23, 2014

Shot for shot, Big Eyes is one of the most beautiful-looking movies of 2014, but to say that isn’t enough, because it’s not just pretty, not just pleasing to the eye. It’s visually astute. It is made by people aware of what these screen images mean, what they refer to, and the psychological effect that they will have on an audience. Read full review

Inkoo Kang

Nov 14, 2014

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. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Dec 23, 2014

As provocative as the questions it raises are — questions about connoisseurship vs. populism, personal expression vs. the market, and the dark arts of press, publicity and shrewd self-invention — the film’s achievements stay on the surface of those themes rather than plunging deeper. Read full review

Peter Travers

Dec 30, 2014

A recent showing of Burton's artwork at New York's Museum of Modern Art attracted long lines and critical brickbats. Maybe that's why Big Eyes, for all its tonal shifts and erratic pacing, seems like Burton's most personal and heartfelt film in years, a tribute to the yearning that drives even the most marginalized artist to self expression no matter what the hell anyone thinks. Read full review

Richard Corliss

Dec 24, 2014

The Keane story is a rich parable that deserves either a wilder or a more acute telling than Burton provides here. Read full review

The Guardian Jordan Hoffman

Dec 22, 2014

Certainly we care for Margaret and the way Walter has her trapped, but her character comes across as a cypher representing a great number of issues without being a real individual. This movie wants to be an oil painting, but ends up being more of a mass-produced, though good-quality print. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Dec 22, 2014

Campy and cartoonish, Burton’s Big Eyes is not the return to form many were hoping for. It is another phony and hollow piece of sugary kitschploitation masquerading under the guise of an “important true story” that places a nearly grotesque premium on style over any traces over substance. Read full review

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tikkozeli

Sep 2, 2019

the queen of music Lana Del Rey created some amazing songs for this movie. xo