Don't Believe The Trailer!

Rating: 1/10 (13 February 2004)

When I watched the trailer for this film, I was made to believe that it would be a 'magical masterpiece' and uphold Tim Burton's strange fantasy theme, along with many claims it would win however many BAFTAs etc. I decided to spend my money on it and entered the cinema with medium expectations.
For the next one and a half hours, I was presented with a FAR to literal, non-magical, emotionally inept, cliched interpretation of a jumped up love story. Ok, there were 'some' classic Burton pieces in the film, but it really didn't hold it together for me.
I thought the casting had been done by a Big Fish, everyone was terrible and I felt as though they had been chosen for the role as there was no one else available at the time.
Big Flop