Worst "Dracula" Ever

Rating: 2/10 (7 June 2003)

Did FFC even READ the novel? Why do "auteurs" insist on putting plot elements into a story that does not need them? This was certainly a highly stylized "Hollywood" film that was so overburdened with symbolism that I kept wanting to shout , "YES, FRANCIS, WE FREAKING GET IT!!"
The best element of the film was to cast two brilliant actors, Gary Oldham and Anthony Hopkins as worthy antagonists. Otherwise, Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder give completely milquetoast performances and Cary Elwes, Richard E. Grant and Sadie Frost should just have found something better to do.