Big Eyes

The story of Margaret Keane, whose portraits of children with oversized eyes became world-famous in the 1950s. Yet she herself is unaware of this, as it is her husband who sells the paintings under his own name. Waltz portrays his character as a man teetering between delusions of grandeur and an inflated sense of self-importance, while Burton confines his penchant for the fantastical to the production design. A bittersweet film about visibility, recognition, and the power of images.
(Florian Widegger)