Johnny Depp gives one of the greatest performances of his career.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Johnny Depp gives one of the greatest performances of his career.

~ Jennie Kermode -

At a time when ghouls have been relegated to cereal packets, Burton resurrects an Edwardian fascination with horror.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

At a time when ghouls have been relegated to cereal packets, Burton resurrects an Edwardian fascination with horror.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It hardly helps having Mark Wahlberg in the lead. As charismatic as seaweed, he creates a new milestone in minimalist acting. It's called not acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

It hardly helps having Mark Wahlberg in the lead. As charismatic as seaweed, he creates a new milestone in minimalist acting. It's called not acting.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Overall, the film doesn't quite achieve the level of dramatic tension it should.

~ Jane Fae -

Overall, the film doesn't quite achieve the level of dramatic tension it should.

~ Jane Fae -

Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Rarely has the title of a film summed it up so well - or so completely.

~ Jennie Kermode -

While drawing on influences from the Golden Age of Universal horror movies such as Wolfman and Frankenstein, this is a animal entirely borne of Burton - and it's all the better for it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

While drawing on influences from the Golden Age of Universal horror movies such as Wolfman and Frankenstein, this is a animal entirely borne of Burton - and it's all the better for it.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Alternately hilarious and touching.

~ Gator MacReady -

Alternately hilarious and touching.

~ Gator MacReady -

By contrasting an artificial man with the real but unsubtly false men and women of the world and their queer existences, Burton presents satire with a dull thud.

~ Scott Macdonald -

By contrasting an artificial man with the real but unsubtly false men and women of the world and their queer existences, Burton presents satire with a dull thud.

~ Scott Macdonald -

Dark Shadows lacks any real drive or momentum, struggling to sink its teeth into a compelling story or plot

~ Lee Griffiths -

Dark Shadows lacks any real drive or momentum, struggling to sink its teeth into a compelling story or plot

~ Lee Griffiths -

It's a slick and intoxicating vision to say the least.

~ George Williamson -

It's a slick and intoxicating vision to say the least.

~ George Williamson -

Corpse Bride is even better than The Nightmare Before Christmas. It displays the imagination of a man, haunted in childhood by the Brothers Grimm, with a twisted sense of humour, steeped in 19th century romanticism.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Corpse Bride is even better than The Nightmare Before Christmas. It displays the imagination of a man, haunted in childhood by the Brothers Grimm, with a twisted sense of humour, steeped in 19th century romanticism.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Varied and expansive, this exemplary collection serves as an excellent introduction to American short film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Varied and expansive, this exemplary collection serves as an excellent introduction to American short film.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Something has happened to Tim Burton. The darkness has left him... The film fails on every level.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Something has happened to Tim Burton. The darkness has left him... The film fails on every level.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Burton does not think he needs to make up his mind about the tone of the movie. It is like a child ordering an ice cream with five kinds of toppings.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Burton does not think he needs to make up his mind about the tone of the movie. It is like a child ordering an ice cream with five kinds of toppings.

~ Anne-Katrin Titze -

Burton pieces together the components with a demonic rigour that belies its sequel status.

~ Richard Mowe -

Burton pieces together the components with a demonic rigour that belies its sequel status.

~ Richard Mowe -

Drawing on the grand guignol horror that its creator had loved since his own childhood, Beetlejuice combines gleefully gory special effects with high camp, sharp wit and irreverent humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Drawing on the grand guignol horror that its creator had loved since his own childhood, Beetlejuice combines gleefully gory special effects with high camp, sharp wit and irreverent humour.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a short film about Catwoman weighed down by a lot of vague nonsense you'll end up skipping through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

This is a short film about Catwoman weighed down by a lot of vague nonsense you'll end up skipping through.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A bad film with a capable director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

A bad film with a capable director.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

Wonderland? I'm afraid this Alice has gone for a Burton.

~ Amber Wilkinson -