It’d be great to see Burton work with Amy Adams again.

| Sep 5, 2024

The film works thanks to Burton’s affection for both the art and the artist, Adams’ resilient performance, and a story that is too fascinating to be fiction.

| Aug 19, 2023

Quirky bits a humor shake the tone up a bit and Burton does several things with his camera that hearkens back to some of his earlier films.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2022

The film paints in thick brushstrokes.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 13, 2022

Visually, Big Eyes provides a warm viewing experience with vibrant colors and the mesmerizing paintings that became a cultural phenomenon.

| Jun 27, 2022

...both a fascinating biopic and a truly feminist piece of cinema.

| Oct 7, 2021

Tim Burton hits all the right feminist notes in setting the stage for her inspiring breakout. This is a must see.

| Oct 7, 2021

A skillful, if a little thin look at an artist's soul and the soulless shark who tried to steal it from her.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 2, 2021

The stranger-than-fiction biopic Big Eyes is only the second of [Tim Burton's] non-animated pictures to have a woman at its center, and, perhaps not surprisingly, it's one of the richest portraits he's brought to the screen yet.

| Jan 22, 2021

Even during its best moments, the film is only a simple, small, pleasant digression.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 4, 2020

The movie has merit as a depiction of an unusual episode in art history. Unfortunately, the director does not probe the incident in any depth, and what he does make of it is largely wrong.

| Aug 11, 2020

It cannot be denied that it is picturesque at times, but only to support the provocative histrionics of the neurotic performances of Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 26, 2020

Big Eyes remains watchable thanks to Adams and Waltz, its few moments of Burtonesque flair, and the fascinating story it tells about art in the last half-century.

| Feb 1, 2020

Big Eyes works because it gets the fundamentals of acting, directing, and screenwriting right. As in music, individual genius is great, but there's just no substitute for a band with good chemistry.

| Jan 9, 2020

[Amy] Adams' performance is refreshing and light, taking us on a powerful emotional journey performed with nuanced skill and heart.

| Dec 14, 2019

It's a likeable recapitulation of 1950s era America and the strange mutations that occur involving those humans attempting to buck the wrongly conditioned trappings of gender based social mores.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 19, 2019

DoP Bruno Delbonell buffs Burton's kitsch pop visuals to a soft sheen, but, like the script, they never dig deep enough into the emotional heart of this fascinating real-life story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 17, 2019

It's a smooth, dreamy-looking film on the surface, but its two leads, Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz, are so out of sync and polarized they spoil the movie like acid curdles milk.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 20, 2019

It is a rare misstep for Burton who seems unsure what tone to adopt throughout. Certain visual and inventive flourishes of his are evident...et, he treats the vital moments in the story in a humdrum manner.

| Feb 27, 2019

Big Eyes proves to be an entertaining and enlightening look at society and its ideals.

| Jan 31, 2019