Meh

Rating: 5/10 (15 November 2014)

I have no idea why they called this Bram Stoker's Dracula. It has very little to do with Stoker's novel. So if you come to the film like I did, hoping to see an interpretation of the story that's faithful to the original, you'll be very, very sorely disappointed. You're going to have to simply forget all that and try to take the film on its own terms.
It's hard to do so. The acting of Winona Ryder's and Keanu Reeves' acting hits their low points here. I think the problem is that they had to speak using British accents which are unnatural to Americans, and they seem to have been always instructed to speak in heady hush-tones. The Englishmen in the film do fine - even Anthony Hopkins even though he's not using his standard British accent but rather trying (and succeeding) to sound like a Dutchman speaking English. Whatever the case, the Americans' performances here are belabored and flat.
The film is mostly concerned with a timeless love plot line (again, this plot line is entirely absent in Stoker's original). This focus is abundantly evident from the very start of the film and informs all else that happens. In the service of this goal, the film's almost unconcerned with generating horror. What you get is the base amount that you'd expect to derive from any story involving a Count Dracula.
Well, the sets are good. The cinematography is dark, but that's expected given the content. It does move along at a fair pace, so it's not too boring.
But it's just not that memorable.