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Big Eyes

  • 20142014
  • 12A12A
  • 1h 46m
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7.0/10
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Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz in Big Eyes (2014)
A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.
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A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works i... Read allA drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

IMDb RATING
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91K
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  • Director
    • Tim Burton
  • Writers
    • Scott Alexander
    • Larry Karaszewski
  • Stars
    • Amy Adams
    • Christoph Waltz
    • Danny Huston
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tim Burton
  • Writers
    • Scott Alexander
    • Larry Karaszewski
  • Stars
    • Amy Adams
    • Christoph Waltz
    • Danny Huston
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 190User reviews
    • 346Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards
      • 3 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Amy Adams and Margaret Keane in Big Eyes (2014)
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    Rufus Wainwright at an event for Big Eyes (2014)
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    Top cast

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    Amy Adams
    Amy Adams
    • Margaret Keaneas Margaret Keane
    Christoph Waltz
    Christoph Waltz
    • Walter Keaneas Walter Keane
    Danny Huston
    Danny Huston
    • Dick Nolanas Dick Nolan
    Krysten Ritter
    Krysten Ritter
    • Dee-Annas Dee-Ann
    Jason Schwartzman
    Jason Schwartzman
    • Rubenas Ruben
    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • John Canadayas John Canaday
    Jon Polito
    Jon Polito
    • Enrico Banduccias Enrico Banducci
    Delaney Raye
    Delaney Raye
    • Young Janeas Young Jane
    Madeleine Arthur
    Madeleine Arthur
    • Older Janeas Older Jane
    James Saito
    James Saito
    • Judgeas Judge
    Farryn VanHumbeck
    Farryn VanHumbeck
    • Lilyas Lily
    Guido Furlani
    • Dino Olivettias Dino Olivetti
    Elisabetta Fantone
    Elisabetta Fantone
    • Olivetti Girlas Olivetti Girl
    Emily Maddison
    Emily Maddison
    • 2nd Olivetti Girlas 2nd Olivetti Girl
    • (as Emily Bruhn)
    Brent Chapman
    Brent Chapman
    • Factory Bossas Factory Boss
    Gabe Khouth
    Gabe Khouth
    • Dad at Art Showas Dad at Art Show
    Dylan Kingwell
    Dylan Kingwell
    • Boy at Art Showas Boy at Art Show
    Peter Kelamis
    Peter Kelamis
    • Real Estate Guyas Real Estate Guy
    • Director
      • Tim Burton
    • Writers
      • Scott Alexander
      • Larry Karaszewski
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    In San Francisco in the 1950s, Margaret was a woman trying to make it on her own after leaving her husband with only her daughter and her paintings. She meets gregarious ladies' man and fellow painter Walter Keane in a park while she was struggling to make an impact with her drawings of children with big eyes. The two quickly become a pair with outgoing Walter selling their paintings and quiet Margaret holed up at home painting even more children with big eyes. But Walter's actually selling her paintings as his own. A clash of financial success and critical failure soon sends Margaret reeling in her life of lies. With Walter still living the high life, Margaret's going to have to try making it on her own again and re-claiming her name and her paintings. —Anne Campbell
    paintinghabitual liarabusive husband1950ssecret378 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • She created it. He sold it. And they bought it.
    • Genres
      • Biography
      • Crime
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • 12A
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      Margaret Keane: Reading a book on a park bench behind Margaret and Walter, when they paint in front of the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts. The end-credit photo of her sitting with Amy Adams was taken when this scene was filmed.
    • Goofs
      "Tomorrow Forever", the UNICEF painting Keane painted for the 1964 Worlds Fair, was never actually mounted in the Hall of Education. Robert Moses, who had control over everything that was included in the fair, hated it. Once New York Times critic Canady trashed it after seeing a photograph of it, Moses had it thrown into the garbage.
    • Quotes

      Ruben: Why are their eyes so big?

      Walter Keane: Eyes are the windows to the soul!

    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Christoph Waltz/Nicki Minaj feat. Skylar Grey (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Tropicville
      Written by Cal Tjader

      Courtesy of The Weinstein Company

    User reviews190

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    A lovely comedy drama
    Greetings from Lithuania.

    "Big Eyes" (2014) is more of good feel comedy drama then a serious biography drama as it's genre indicates. Yes, it is based on a very true story, but this is not a typical biopic by any means. It's a "light" and easy movie, with some great performances by both leads, tight pacing, very nice writing and directing. No wonder that it was mentioned in an Comedy or Musical categories at Golden Globes and not in motion picture drama.

    Overall, this is true very well made biography drama about some painters and frauds. Won't going to spoil anything, just going to say that i was very surprised by the ending when i find out that this actually happen, well, probably not word by word but the outcome did happen actually how it was portrait in the movie. This is a very fine picture from legendary director Tim Burton, and safe to say that this is his best movie in years simply by not being "a Tim Burton's" movie as we know them. This small budget picture (in terms of other's T.Burton's flicks) actually is much more lovely and intimate then his recent works. I will go even so far and say that i haven't enjoy his movie so much since 1999's "Sleepy Hollow".
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    • Apr 20, 2015

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 26, 2014 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Doi Mat To
    • Filming locations
      • North Beach, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • The Weinstein Company
      • Silverwood Films
      • Tim Burton Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,482,031
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,001,738
      • Dec 28, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $29,253,166
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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