Leonard Norwitz Said It Best

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 1999)

There's little I can add to his superior review, apart from saying that he seems to be the only other one to have drawn the connection from the look of the late Anton Furst's set design for Burton's first "Batman" film and this miraculous production.
The dark, noirish look is simply astounding ~ and I held my breath at each of the city's midnight transformations. This is more than what's available to do technically ~ it's a vision.
The look and feel is one part Serling, one part Huston, one part Gilliam, one part Hitch, one part Kubrick, one part Lynch, one part Cronenberg and a few Barkers thrown in for good measure.
Roundly excellent performances [even from the lovely but generally non-descript Connelly] and an utterly original story.
I'll watch this again and again ~ and likely shake my head in wonder as many times as I did upon my first viewing.
4 Niro~stars of 4.