Beautiful film. The relationship of Dracula is winning.

Rating: 10/10 (20 August 1999)

After watching the pitiful John carpenter film Vampires, I find Bran Stoker's Dracula to be extremely artful, full of amazing acting, and erotically romantic. I instantly fell in love with Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder as the two rekindled their love in a daring and rich fashion. And talk about performances, Winona Ryder with her dazzling curly long black hair, her blood and yearning fiery emotion, I was absolutely dazzled. The movie for me took a while to get into to. But eventually the film gets better with the the possession of the two female "victems." This film even makes blood look lovely and extravagant. This is one of the few films where I wanted Dracula to win and i saw Hopkins as a nuisance, a pest if you will. His performance was good, but his role alone with Keanu Reeves was very limited. Keanu wasn't bad as an actor, but I would much rather see him in the sexy Devil 's Advocate. The sets , costumes, and make up was magnificient and I feel this must be the greatest Dracula film ever creted. After teeny bopper films like Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands, I never knew Winona could act, but this proves that she does have potential.