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By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Dec 2014

Where the outrageous arc of the Keane success story needed a patina of realism to convince, Waltz and Burton invariably make big, over-the-top…

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By James Mottram (656) for Total Film (3,532) on 22 Dec 2014

Adams is as watchable as ever as Margaret, backed by fine support, but the problem lies with Waltz…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 22 Dec 2014

Tim Burton’s return to real-life storytelling is entertaining but flawed. See it for a fascinating true story and a fantastic Amy Adams…

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By Siobhan Synnot (412) for Scotsman (1,471) on 22 Dec 2014

It's an intriguing true story, but Burton only toys with pre-feminist points and the tension between commercial and artistic success…

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By Katherine Mclaughlin (276) for The List (2,018) on 22 Dec 2014

Big Eyes deserves kudos for exploring the symbiotic relationship between business and art and it feels very personal at times…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 22 Dec 2014

Burton lets Waltz run wild, sucking the air out of every scene with his hysterics, and the always-endearing Adams is left looking like a rabbit…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for PopMatters (2,617) on 22 Dec 2014

The mood is almost as bright as the look, presenting the San Francisco art and jazz scene like a theme park or better, a Disney live-action…

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By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Compuserve (1,948) on 19 Dec 2014

Involving look at both a unique style of painting and the evolution of a fraud…

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By Charlotte O'sullivan (637) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 19 Dec 2014

This is a nimble, often distressing biopic about the American artist Margaret Keane - best known for her kitschy portraits of children and…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 18 Dec 2014

Burton structures the film, right up to the fascinating finale, as both a damning tale of male privilege and a moving story of a woman’s…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 18 Dec 2014

Burton's study of the strange case of Margaret and Walter Keane is a diverting black comedy which dramatises relevant questions about sexual…

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By Jordan Adler (82) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 18 Dec 2014

Although handsomely designed and photographed, Tim Burton's Big Eyes fails to peer into the soul of the tormented Margaret Keane…

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By Josh Slater-Williams (157) for The Skinny (809) on 18 Dec 2014

Big Eyes is Burton's most interesting film in quite some time, and the most personal if the thinly-veiled metaphor of the narrative is anything…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 17 Dec 2014

Despite its sharp feminist sting, Big Eyes never loses its light touch…

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By Victoria Alexander (762) for Las Vegas Informer (90) on 16 Dec 2014

Another Tim Burton fairy tale. Adams and Waltz miscast. The screenplay is shallow and has no depth. The ham-fisted acting doesn't help…

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By Matt Brennan (26) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 08 Dec 2014

In style as in content, it offers neither the granular detail of more subtle period pieces nor enough of Tim Burton's spirited eccentricity…

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By David Poland (216) for Movie City News (162) on 05 Dec 2014

Big Eyes is a movie of shocking complexity and grace, given how simple it seems on the surface…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Nuke the Fridge (40) on 03 Dec 2014

Big Eyes does Margaret Keane justice…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Critical Women (23) on 27 Nov 2014

The business of art and the female Stuck-Home Syndrome…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 25 Nov 2014

An incredible return to form for Tim Burton, who once again has found an outsider hero worth filming, and who here does some of his finest…

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