Bram Stoker's Dracula Reviews

Too slow and stodgy when it should be creepy.

| Original Score: 2/5

A feast for the senses that fails to satisfy the heart, libido or mind.

Full Review | Original Score: C+

Has a film ever promised so much yet delivered so little?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

In Bram Stoker's Dracula, director Francis Ford Coppola wins endless vam-Pyrrhic victories but loses the narrative war.

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misguided and ludicrous

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

| Original Score: 2/5

When Dracula Met Sally...

| Original Score: 2/4

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.

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Keanu Reeves does get to say, "I have offended you with my ignorance, and I am sorry."

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Bloody, sexy, scary Dracula for mature teens only!

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

The movie is an exercise in feverish excess, and for that if for little else, I enjoyed it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Suffers from several severe cases of miscasting, but there's still some good gothic gravy to be found.

| Original Score: 3/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

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.

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As with Murnau's seminal version, scenes are very good, but the net effect perhaps is less than the sum of the parts.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/8

Coppola never stops putting on his own showboat performance. His Dracula isn't like anything else around.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

A somewhat dispersed and overcrowded story line that remains fascinating and often affecting thanks to all its visual and conceptual energy.

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Altogether it's a fun movie, full of gore and special effects that were groundbreaking at the time.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

| Original Score: 3/5

Woozy, flamboyant, and unforgettable, Coppola makes grand mistakes but scores far grander successes.

| Original Score: 4/5

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