
Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

Ed Bloom (young)

Ed Bloom (senior)

Will Bloom

Sandra Bloom (senior)

Jenny (young & senior) / The Witch

Sandra Bloom (young)

Dr. Bennett (senior)

Josephine

Karl the Giant
I must admit I did struggle a little to wonder how Ewan McGregor could ever age into Albert Finley, but then as the whole principle of this story is to stretch the truth, then I suppose why not! It’s those very far-fetched sort of scenarios that caused this family’s problems in the first place as the young “Will” (Bully Crudup) has to return home after a three year estrangement from dad “Ed” (Finney) when the latter man is diagnosed with terminal cancer. A sort of uneasy truce breaks out between them as we realise that extent of their issues is more that the young lad actually believed some of...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget$70,000,000.00
Revenue $123,200,000.00