Frankenweenie Reviews

It ranks among Burton's most personal films, encompassing familiar themes of loneliness, isolation and an insatiable need for love and acceptance.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

... a padded short story that didn't require embellishment... looks very weak directly compared to the sheer brilliance of the similarly themed ParaNorman.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4.0

The real audience here is Burton fans (add an extra star to this review if you're a Burton fan).

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Something of a return to form for Tim Burton, Frankenweenie plays like a Greatest Hits by way of his early work.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

A remake of not one Tim Burton movie, but all of them.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Actively frustrating and a tedious experience to endure.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

"Frankenweenie" is not just cute, it's weird. And, I love it.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

A bittersweet and delightful bit of animated fare...

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Tim Burton's most enjoyable movie in a long time.

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Compared to the shorter and more to the point original, the expanded Frankenweenie is padded and less focused, meandering from a simple path of what was a clever parody/homage.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie embodies the excitement, innocence, awkwardness and imagination of childhood.

Full Review | Original Score: B+

Extended to feature length, the premise doesn't thin out but gains substance and momentum.

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"Frankenweenie" isn't Burton's best work, but it's still a solid outing for the strange, death-obsessed director.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Disney should've had more faith in this premise back in 1984, when it mattered, instead of shocking it back to a bigger life now...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Victor's relationship with Sparky is lovely, even when the revivified dog corpse is stitched together with thick black thread and his tail or ear falls off.

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While not a true original in its own right, and therefore not a classic, it is still classic Burton with his creepy, kooky trademarks, so we'll take it.

Full Review | Original Score: B

Maintains the legitimately dark tone of the original short while expanding the narrative in a pleasingly Scissorhands-esque direction.

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In the very best sense, the film is wall-to-wall eye candy.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

'Frankenweenie' is far from his best, but it is a timely reassurance that the old Tim Burton still exists and may be able to work his black magic again.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Beautiful, technically astonishing animation and the emotional whack of a lightning bolt cannot quite hide the stitches holding together a paucity of ideas and humour.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5