Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (18 August 2004)

This is by far Burton's best. While there are dozens of self confessed Â‘chick-flicks' (I did not invent the term), this is definitely a film guys will relate to at a deep level. The whole movie struck a cord with me and certainly the end made me declare that there was something in the air irritating my eyes. Seriously, if father-son relationships tug at you, you MUST see this movie. I thought about this movie for quite some time afterwards. I have not done a power calculation to see if this is statistically significant or not, but almost every guy I asked loved it and almost every woman thought it was dumb. I think if you go into this thinking/hoping it will be a fantasy film you might be bothered by the weighty elements (which are really the core of the movie supporting the more fantastic elements of the film). 9 out of 10