Better than the book.

Rating: 9/10 (15 July 2005)

OK, what I am about to say now may annoy a lot of people, but here goes: People have complained that this film tampers with plot of the novel, Dracula by adding in the romantic subplot, but this in fact adds to the lacking plot from the novel.
The novel, when read today, is badly dated; sexist, patronising to the working class, slow and creaky, and because of the colossal number of films that have been made, the premise of the book just isn't very exciting any more. Having read some of his other work, it is clear to me that Stoker is not a very good writer and just scored a hit with Dracula.
So on the whole, the plot changes in this film actually add to the original plot instead of ruining it.