If you have seen one Burton/Depp movie you have seen them all. Nothing different here at all. Edward Scisorhands 10. I say B-

Rating: 6/10 (19 September 2012)

"Welcome back to the shadows Barnabas Collins, I've missed you." After refusing the advances of Angelique Bouchard (Green), Barnabas Collins (Depp) is cursed with eternal life by being turned a vampire and being buried alive. 200 years later he is accidentally awoken and returns to the manor his family built where he meets his descendants. He soon discovers that his relatives do not have perfect lives either and begins to try and change the fortunes of the Collins family. I have to put a disclaimer on this review by saying that I am not a Johnny Depp fan and am really getting sick of him playing the same role over and over. Having said that this movie is deceiving. The preview made it seem like it was a comedy, while there are funny parts this is not really a straight comedy. I never saw the TV show so I wasn't sure what to expect but to me the movie had the feel of less funny "Death Becomes Her" as far as comedy goes. To me the best parts were the old maid who doesn't speak at all and the soundtrack (as well as Alice Cooper). There were some pretty funny lines and Depp did do a good job but this is his typical character lately so I can't really be impressed by his acting. I will admit though that if you are a Johnny Depp fan then you will probably really enjoy this movie and totally disagree with my review. As far as my feelings I thought it was a little slow moving and seemed confused as to whether it wanted to be funny or not. Overall, fans of Depp will probably love this, I thought it was a little less then OK and a carbon copy of every other Depp/Burton movie. I give it a B-.