Big Eyes (2014)

Directed by

Tim Burton

Genre

drama film, biographical film, romance film, trial film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 3,629 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman in the 1950s and 1960s paints hugely popular pictures of children with big eyes. Her husband takes public credit for her work, leading to a legal fight and personal struggle over who owns the art.

offbeatironicmelancholicvisually stylizedslow-burntenseemotionally chargeddarkly comic

What happens

Big Eyes is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. It is about the relationship between American artist Margaret Keane and her second husband, Walter Keane, who in the 1950s and 1960s took credit for Margaret's phenomenally popular paintings of people with big eyes. The film had its world premiere in New York City on December 15, 2014, and was released in the United States by The Weinstein Company on December 25, 2014. It was met with generally favorable reviews, with particular praise given to the performances of Adams and Waltz and performed moderately well at the box office, grossing $29 million worldwide against the budget of $10 million. Adams won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical and received a nomination for the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Waltz was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance, and Lana Del Rey received a Golden Globe nomination for the film's title song, "Big Eyes". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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