Bram Stoker's Count Dracula

Rating: 8/10 (22 February 2013)

Dracula has never looked this good, this show is a visual feast. It's loaded with spectacular shots throughout, an awesome story kudos to Bram Stoker shown in awesome fashion kudos to Francis Ford Coppola makes for a rather awesome movie. Call Dracula frightening, disturbing, haunting, it is, but it's quite powerful and quite beautiful. Dracula remains as some great love story. One of Coppola's finest works. The direction is outstanding. It has a very fine cast. Gary Oldman offers an excellent performance as Count Dracula, showing again his massive range as an actor. Winona Ryder bolsters the whimsical nature providing a sweet innocence with her talents, giving us a lens into the softer more heartfelt side of Dracula. Anthony Hopkins as Van Helsing is terrific and creates a layer of appeal playing the quacked out, genius scientist hellbent on hunting Dracula. Keanu Reeves is not as bad an actor as you think, truly, and he does a fine job here. The costumes are particularly exquisite. Dracula is a lush and a dreadful and a ferocious tale. Give it a chance and you will feel moved.