misguided and ludicrous
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10/14/07
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:36
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: 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.
Runtime: 2 hrs 44 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) reunites with his soul mate, Mina (Winona Ryder), after four centuries. Mina's friend Lucy (Sadie Frost) succumbs to the deadly bite of Dracula while Renfield (Tom... [More]
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Reviews for Bram Stoker's Dracula
Definitely pleasing to the eye, but it doesn't make much sense as a story.
02/15/02
I can sum up director Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in two words: Eye candy.
02/13/01
With Dracula it's apparent that Mr. Coppola's talent and exuberance survive.
05/20/03
Top CriticKeanu Reeves does get to say, "I have offended you with my ignorance, and I am sorry."
12/09/01
This luscious film restores the creature's nobility and gives him peace.
10/20/09
Top CriticThe movie is an exercise in feverish excess, and for that if for little else, I enjoyed it.
01/01/00
Top CriticCoppola never stops putting on his own showboat performance. His Dracula isn't like anything else around.
07/30/07
Has a film ever promised so much yet delivered so little?
09/26/07
With his over-the-top flourish and the campy attitude that literally runs amok, Coppola has come up with yet another high-priced film that is all style and no substance.
01/01/00
It is Coppola's most lavish and, certainly, his most flamboyant film; never before has he allowed himself this kind of mad experimentation.
01/01/00
Top CriticFighting 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.
05/02/08
I was still thoroughly impressed with Coppola's style, his exciting camerawork and the great effects.
07/01/06
...a reminder of how it is possible for stories to live flawless screen existences even without much tampering of the texts.
02/13/01
As with Murnau's seminal version, scenes are very good, but the net effect perhaps is less than the sum of the parts.
01/01/00
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.
05/05/06
The result is a film well worth seeing, even if its key players aren’t really entirely up to the task before them.
01/01/00
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.
09/26/07
Top CriticAltogether it's a fun movie, full of gore and special effects that were groundbreaking at the time.
09/26/02
...an old-fashioned monster movie on a grand scale, a Gothic horror spectacular... filled with demonic rites, Christian symbolism, and erotic imagery.
04/06/01
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