Meh

Rating: 5/10 (29 August 2019)

This is not a film about Ed Wood. This is Tim Burton's standard script, which happens to have a guy named Ed Wood in it. How accurate is this account of the man and his career? Who the hell knows. But my impression is that Burton was telling the story he wanted to tell, in his characteristic style. It was amusing to watch, but did it do these real personalities justice? Or did Ed Wood shield himself from not doing them justice by adopting this slightly surrealistic approach, which I presume echoed the feel of an Ed Wood film? At the end of the day, I was entertained. But there was no emotional payoff in the end. And that is a big problem. And, as I said. I don't feel wiser about the real Ed Wood.