I really wanted this to be great!

Rating: 2/10 (25 May 2012)

Unfortunately, it was a total bust. My favorite childhood TV show made into a movie by two of my favorite folks, Director Tim Burton and actor Johnny Depp. What could possible go wrong? - everything... Mr. Burton never decides if he is making a comedy or a horror or a drama or a satire and ends up with a jumbled mess. What an utter disappointment. Eva Green tries her best with the script she is given and Jackie Earle Haley as Willie Loomis gives a competent performance. Johnny Depp seems bored with his role and obviously does not have his heart in it. Gulliver McGrath does bring the innocence of David Collins into the film and was the only character that brought to mind the feeling of the 60's hit show. I knew with it being a Burton film that I was not going to walk into a remake of the Dark Shadows of the 1960's, but I did not expect to walk into a piece of junk.