Doesn't hold up well.

Rating: 4/10 (2 October 2005)

I recently watched this movie again, after several years, and while originally I thought it was OK, it does not hold up well on subsequent viewing.
It's hammy, over-acted and horribly miscast (Keanu & Winona); even Hopkins can't save it. Coppola uses way too many cinematic devices, fades, wipes, montages, map overlays etc, which makes it seem as if it was produced by a graduate student on his first movie, trying to use every technique he learned in school.
Keanu is just plain embarrassing, and Winona is like a cardboard cut out of an actor. The dialog is ridiculous, Gary Oldman camps it up and plays it for what it is, but again, even his talents only turn this into a ridiculous farce at best.
Its just not believable on any level, and considering the talent Coppola gathered for this movie, in the end, its just a disappointing hammed up second rate Dracula movie (without any scary bits). 4/10.