a story that needed to be told

Rating: Null/10 (7 April 1999)

Thank goodness for these 'pet projects'. As a fan of really BAD cinema, especially '50s Sci-Fi, Ed Wood's movies are right at the top. Therefore I'm glad to see the story about how a rich medium such as film can be made so horrible in the right hands, and Ed Wood certainly had those hands (Gads, that sounds like a line from one of his scripts!!!). Depp is marvelous, but it is Martin Landau that showed us the glimpse of TRULY GREAT ACTING, a completely electrifying moment in the archway of an old building. I have seen Landau make even lesser roles gleam like he did in this movie enough times to prove that great acting is no accident.