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Tim Burton and Johnny Depp team up to fete the life and work of cult hero Ed Wood, with typically strange and wonderful results.
All Critics (62) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (5) | DVD (23)
Ed Wood [is] a comedy of the ridiculous in which the ridiculous turns unexpectedly sublime. Nov 8, 2018 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Ed Wood [is] a comedy of the ridiculous in which the ridiculous turns unexpectedly sublime.
Owen Gleiberman
Burton imitates Wood 's films brilliantly, and Wood 's chaotic lifestyle is brought to the screen with brio. Mar 20, 2018 | Full Review…
Burton imitates Wood 's films brilliantly, and Wood 's chaotic lifestyle is brought to the screen with brio.
Derek Malcolm
Beguiling rather than thrilling, oddly charming instead of transporting, meaning that Disney will have its work cut out for it with what is at heart a cult movie and a film buff's dream. Oct 5, 2008
Beguiling rather than thrilling, oddly charming instead of transporting, meaning that Disney will have its work cut out for it with what is at heart a cult movie and a film buff's dream.
Todd McCarthy
It certainly succeeds as a funny, touching tribute to tenacity, energy, ambition and friendship. Jan 26, 2006 | Full Review…
It certainly succeeds as a funny, touching tribute to tenacity, energy, ambition and friendship.
Geoff Andrew
Mr. Depp isn't best known as a comic actor, but he gives a witty and captivating performance, bringing wonderful buoyancy to this crazy role. May 20, 2003
Mr. Depp isn't best known as a comic actor, but he gives a witty and captivating performance, bringing wonderful buoyancy to this crazy role.
Janet Maslin
Outrageously disjointed and just as outrageously entertaining, the picture stands as a successful outsider's tribute to a failed kindred spirit. May 12, 2001 | Rating: 3/4
Outrageously disjointed and just as outrageously entertaining, the picture stands as a successful outsider's tribute to a failed kindred spirit.
Peter Travers
Burton succeeds in creating a benign parallel world where the last are the first and the insulted and injured become the recipients of all-star tributes. Aug 15, 2018 | Full Review…
Burton succeeds in creating a benign parallel world where the last are the first and the insulted and injured become the recipients of all-star tributes.
Geoffrey O'Brien
Just daft enough and just deft enough to satisfy high-culture and low-culture aficionados alike. Apr 10, 2018 | Full Review…
Just daft enough and just deft enough to satisfy high-culture and low-culture aficionados alike.
Robert Horton
A masterful ode to movie making and the horror genre. Oct 14, 2013 | Full Review…
A masterful ode to movie making and the horror genre.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Burton wraps it all in his singular vision, devoid of bells and whistles and all the more potent for its comparative subtlety. Sep 26, 2012 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Burton wraps it all in his singular vision, devoid of bells and whistles and all the more potent for its comparative subtlety.
Rob Vaux
Depp-led cult-director bio delves into cross-dressing, kink. Oct 12, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Depp-led cult-director bio delves into cross-dressing, kink.
Charles Cassady
Typically, Burton's storytelling is sometimes erratic, but his emphasis on humanizing marginal characters -- a project that seems central to his artistic agenda -- is as strong as ever. Oct 5, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Typically, Burton's storytelling is sometimes erratic, but his emphasis on humanizing marginal characters -- a project that seems central to his artistic agenda -- is as strong as ever.
"Ed Wood" takes the clumsy filmmaking backstory of Edward D. Wood, and makes it a fantastic film about terrible movies. Tim Burton directs the hell out of this film, and even though it screams his style, he keeps it a little on the down low here, letting the more of the substance out than the style, which is what true stories need. Johnny Depp gives one of his finest performances as the leading man living a dream of making films, while every one of them turn into disasters, because he just does not fully understand the industry. I loved "Ed Wood" from start to finish! The camerawork is unique, the post-production choice of Black and White is perfect, and the direction, along with the script, is just very very good all around. There is nothing wrong with this film whatsoever. It's an amazing little piece of film!
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Burton treats his idiosyncratic character with great affection and respect, in a delightful (and very funny) biography that emulates with perfection the visuals of classic horror movies - making us even want to check out Ed Wood's turkeys. Besides, Depp and Landau are magnificent.
Burton and Depp show why they are a perfect match in this fantastic film.
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