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Big Eyes

2014

Tim Burton

Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Danny Huston, Jason Schwartzman ...

6.1

18,164

Drama The true story of American artist Margaret Keane who became famous in the 1960s for her paintings of children as large-eyed waifs. Her husband, Walter, took credit for her work.

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Colorful but shallow biopic. (...) The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they wind up revealing far too little in 'Big Eyes,' an unpersuasive, paint-by-numbers account of the fraud perpetrated by Walter Keane"	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"'Big Eyes' isn't exactly a catastrophe, but its bland depiction of a fascinating story perhaps better served by the documentary treatment shows no evidence of the visionary creator behind the camera."	NEU
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] nimble, bemused, culturally curious look at the married instigators of the kitschy “big eyes” paintings (...) Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz both shine in a distinctive work."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Burton delivers one of his most thoughtful and accomplished works in far too long. (...) Highlighted by two very different performances"	POS
United States	Inkoo Kang The Wrap	"The most human film from Burton since 'Ed Wood' (...) But “Big Eyes” is good, not great."	POS
United Kingdom	Jordan Hoffman The Guardian	"This movie wants to be an oil painting, but ends up being more of a mass-produced, though good-quality print (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	NEU
United States	Chris Nashawaty Entertainment Weekly	"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"	POS
United States	Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"With reliably good performances from Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, this true story of midcentury art fraud is solid. But viewers will miss director Tim Burton's trademark weirdness (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Trying to do Margaret justice, Mr. Burton can’t prevent himself (and Mr. Waltz) from upstaging her."	NEU
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"Instead of comic and dramatic provocation, 'Big Eyes' settles for a pastel set of emotions lost in a primary color world. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU

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