Why?

Rating: 3/10 (7 August 2005)

This was unbelievably horrid rendition of this originally wonderful and imaginative film. Somehow Burton manages to take a playful and dreamy movie and makes it into a contrived, dreadful and sinister mockery of one of the great children's films. Depp plays a character that looks and acts insane and bizarre and is not at all the right actor for this film. Frankly, he is difficult to watch and there is significant focus on him throughout the film, so be prepared to be annoyed throughout the film. If you must sit through this film, do your best to wipe out any memory of the original film or you will be sure to be very disappointed.