Big Eyes casts Amy Adams as Margaret Keane, the quiet artist behind the kitschy 1960s paintings that her charismatic husband, portrayed by Christoph Waltz, claimed to have created. Directed by Tim Burton, the film also features Danny Huston, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman and Terence Stamp. The Hollywood Reporter’s Todd McCarthy writes, “This nimble, bemused, culturally curious look at the married instigators of the kitschy “big eyes” paintings of the early 1960s exudes an enjoyably eccentric appeal while also painting a troubling picture of male dominance and female submissiveness a half-century ago.” Meanwhile, The New York Times’ A. O. Scott calls the film “A horror movie tucked inside a domestic drama wrapped up in a biopic.”
