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By Betty Jo Tucker (725) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 28 Dec 2014

Unfortunately, the miscasting of a key role in 'Big Eyes' makes many scenes appear unreal…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 27 Dec 2014

In the unfocused Big Eyes, Adams, like the rest of the production, doesn't quite know where to step…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 27 Dec 2014

The strange saga of the Keane paintings is merely a blip in the history books, but Tim Burton proves that sometimes its those little things…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 27 Dec 2014

There's more tenderness in Big Eyes, and a playfully framed but nonetheless emphatic you-go-girl spirit to the proceedings, as we watch Margaret…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 27 Dec 2014

It's not a bad movie, but Big Eyes might have been better off if it had sold its audience the same bill of goods Walter Keane sold America…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for Tolucan Times (639) on 26 Dec 2014

a true story very well done by Tim Burton...Adams is as good here as she's ever been…

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By Gary Wolcott (857) for Tri-City Herald (818) on 26 Dec 2014

A much darker and more interesting movie lies within the body of this one…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 26 Dec 2014

Tim Burton's new biopic of painter Margaret Keane separates itself from the pack in a prickly, delightful way…

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By Vincent Mancini (369) for FilmDrunk (362) on 26 Dec 2014

There are so many interesting phenomena at play in the Keanes' story that it's disappointing to see it all boiled down into a reductive hero's…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Dec 2014

Like Margaret Keane's artwork, Big Eyes catches viewers with its surface quirks, but there's also something taking place underneath the surface…

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By Rob Thomas (1,118) for Madison Movie (219) on 26 Dec 2014

You can see Walter as kind of a dark mirror to Ed Wood, whose motto seemed to be that people should do what they love, even if they are terrible…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 26 Dec 2014

Big Eyes may not be Tim Burton’s absolute worst movie — we’ll always have “Planet of the Apes” — but it’s pretty close to the…

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By Emma Simmonds (380) for Radio Times (2,421) on 26 Dec 2014

What Burton's approach most lacks is insight - big eyes don't see too deeply - but it's still a fascinating story told with flair…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 26 Dec 2014

The perfect account of an act of artistic plagiarism that managed to con the American public...and eventually drove his abused spouse to paint…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 26 Dec 2014

Burton also addresses a question previously raised in his 1994 Ed Wood: What is art? And who gets to decide…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 26 Dec 2014

The whole cast is hamstrung by a script that only runs Wikipedia-deep…

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By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 25 Dec 2014

The talented cast does absolutely everything they can with the material they've been provided, but unfortunately Big Eyes is forgettable fluff…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 25 Dec 2014

The story is just so downright weird that the film can't help but be compelling. Just not as compelling as it could have been…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 25 Dec 2014

It’s easy to see why Mr…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Dec 2014

Entertaining in spots, obvious and irritating in others, with a one-note schticky performance from Christopher Waltz as Walter, Big Eyes is…

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