Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 46
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 9
Overblown in the best sense of the word, Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Bram Stoker's Dracula rescues the character from decades of campy interpretations -- and features some terrific performances to boot.
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1
Overblown in the best sense of the word, Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Bram Stoker's Dracula rescues the character from decades of campy interpretations -- and features some terrific performances to boot.
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Based on Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, this film from Francis Ford Coppola and screenwriter James Victor Hart offers a full-blooded portrait of the immortal Transylvanian vampire. The major departure from Stoker is one of motivation as Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) is motivated more by romance than by bloodlust. He punctures the necks as a means of avenging the death of his wife in the 15th century, and when he comes to London, it is specifically to meet heroine Mina Harker (Winona Ryder), the
Nov 13, 1992 Wide
Oct 7, 1997
Columbia Pictures
All Critics (47) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (10) | DVD (22)
This luscious film restores the creature's nobility and gives him peace.
Overall, this Dracula could have been less heavy and more deliciously evil than it is, but it does offer a sumptuous engorgement of the senses.
A somewhat dispersed and overcrowded story line that remains fascinating and often affecting thanks to all its visual and conceptual energy.
With Dracula it's apparent that Mr. Coppola's talent and exuberance survive.
It is Coppola's most lavish and, certainly, his most flamboyant film; never before has he allowed himself this kind of mad experimentation.
The movie is an exercise in feverish excess, and for that if for little else, I enjoyed it.
A feast for the senses that fails to satisfy the heart, libido or mind.
Bloody, sexy, scary Dracula for mature teens only!
Salomé goes to Transylvania
Fighting against pop culture expectations and a century of vampire cliché, Coppola's approach is unique. Like it or not, no one had ever seen a "Dracula" quite like this.
misguided and ludicrous
Unashamedly epic, but it's the details which make the film, particularly vampire-killing Anthony Hopkins and Tom Waits as insect-gobbling Renfield.
Has a film ever promised so much yet delivered so little?
Francis Ford Coppola's lavish version of Bram Stoker's classic novel is a visual cornucopia, overstuffed with images of both beauty and grotesque horror.
Coppola never stops putting on his own showboat performance. His Dracula isn't like anything else around.
When Dracula Met Sally...
I was still thoroughly impressed with Coppola's style, his exciting camerawork and the great effects.
Stressing the erotic aspets of Stoker's book with graphic depictions of sexual fantasies and nightmares, the story line and characters sometimes get lost, but the sumptuously mounted film is always a visual treat for the eye.
This lack of a convincing central dynamic leads to the occasional sense that the film is little more than a spectacular edifice, but you'll be too spellbound to resist seduction.
Coppola goes ballistically Gothic, celebrating all of the excess that made Gothic novels and novellas so popular.
Overblown, but entertaining.
Dark, sensual and very atmospheric. Precisely the way a movie about Dracula should be. The storyline is great, and the visuals even better. At least when it comes to the art direction and production design, which is nothing short of impressive. As for the acting, it's sadly one of the departments that comes with a few
April 8, 2007Super Reviewer
Its gothic, dark and very sexual which is an attraction for a lover of all things goth like myself hehe the acting is dodgy to say the least as we know, despite an all star cast the performances just don't seem to live up to the expectations. Oldman of course IS the film, his performance is unique, eerie and
August 23, 2007Super Reviewer
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