Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.
Visually it’s so smart and inventive and downright beautiful that you want to stand up and cheer. Tim Burton’s imagination? IT’S ALIVE!
Burton’s finest, freshest film in ages is a welcome homecoming. You’d call it patchwork pastiche, if it weren’t so zapped with energy, feeling and imagination. It’s alive!
It's a likable film, though not a sensational development in Tim Burton's career.
Burton’s trademark darkness flirts with horror, providing thrills and scares from its adorably creepy cast.
It's alive!
Frankenweenie holds together as both a Hallowe’en romp and the most enjoyable Tim Burton picture for years.
[Burton's] most satisfying movie for some time.
Perhaps too scary for young kids and too cute for adults, Frankenweenie is nonetheless a hugely likable pet project.
Very sweet, very funny, really quite touching and exquisitely handmade, by a film lover with humour and a heart, for a like-minded audience.
Has so much charm it should be declared a danger zome.
There is pathos here, and ingenuity, and some genuine oddball humour, so let's be thankful for that. But it doesn't quite knock 'em dead.
On the surface the story may appear like a cartoon but it is the heart and soul beneath that make it special.
It's all very endearing, for a while. It's only later that the scrappy, directionless story shows it up to be exactly what it is: a charming short film that's had some ill-fitting bits stitched on.
At the end, the movie briefly stumbles – dramatically and thematically – but that's a minor detail in a true labour of love.
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General release. Check local listings for show times.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Tuesday December 18, 2012, until Saturday December 22, 2012. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
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