Friday, 16 August 2013

Saturday morning special

Frankenweenie (2012)

Directed by Tim Burton this remake of his own earlier short features the voice talent of Charlie Tahan, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau and Winona Ryder. A young boy looks to use science to bring his pet dog back to life.

The inspiration of this film is clearly a mix of classic horror films and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein which the film does a good job of reflecting but I am not sure it ever captures the depth of. While this is a quintessentially Tim Burton film it does feel at times like he is just going through the motions of repeating earlier work. There is some fun to be had here but I think that ultimately and kind message behind the film is a bit of a confusing mess and was clearly not that important to the film makers.


3/5

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