
It is a world within our world, yet unseen by any human, and the beings here control time and tide and the changing of the seasons. On the day Chun turns sixteen, she is transformed into a dolphin to explore the human world. She is rescued from a vortex by a human boy at the cost of his own life. Chun is so moved by the boy's kindness and courage that she decides to give him life again. But to do this, she must protect the boy's soul, a tiny fish, and nurture it to grow. Thro... (Full plot summary below)
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It is a world within our world, yet unseen by any human, and the beings here control time and tide and the changing of the seasons. On the day Chun turns sixteen, she is transformed into a dolphin to explore the human world. She is rescued from a vortex by a human boy at the cost of his own life. Chun is so moved by the boy's kindness and courage that she decides to give him life again. But to do this, she must protect the boy's soul, a tiny fish, and nurture it to grow. Through adventure and sacrifice, love grows, yet now she must release him back to the sea, back to life in the human world.
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| TheWrapRobert AbeleChinese animation makes a confident play for art and relevance with this swell of myth, nature, adolescent turbulence and fantasy intrigue that impresses more often than it organically dazzles, and yet succeeds mostly because of its beating heart. |
| Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenIts blend of 2D and CG animation uses a radiant palette, and its story moves between the spirit and animals worlds with an undercurrent of yearning and waves of pure delight. |
| It's Just MoviesRon WilkinsonA thinly veiled cautionary tale about the environment, love and the sacrifices attendant to both. |
| Film ThreatBrian ThompsonBig Fish & Begonia brilliantly utilizes its elaborate medium to craft a story with no shortage of spiritual and emotional resonance. |
| National PostChris KnightThe big fish of the title is called Kun, and originally appears in texts from the first millennium B.C. as an entity so large it cannot be measured. It's a thrilling notion, and struck this critic as sounding an awful lot like love. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikBig Fish & Begonia is, at times, an achingly beautiful work of animation. |
| indieWireDavid EhrlichChun's life is literally spent on other people, but the beauty her actions create for the film and inspire from its characters is often powerful enough to make sense of a story that never bothers to make sense of itself. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranA Good Day to Die Hard plays like an extended victory lap for star Bruce Willis and the entire "Die Hard" franchise. Not surprising, but not overwhelmingly entertaining either. |
| SF WeeklySherilyn ConnellyThe picture is also further evidence that no matter how beautifully rendered it is or how complex the emotional context, and Big Fish & Begonia is both beautiful and complex, any shot of a sea creature leaping over a human will invoke Free Willy. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA creative Chinese animated film that marvels at mysterious connections. |