Simply Special

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2013)

Touching, Heartfelt, and simply a Marvelous Masterpiece of Movie Making from one of the most Eccentric Directors. It is a wonderful Modern Fairy Tale that has done so much with so little. It is a Little Film that delivers Big Time Results. If you are Unmoved by this You are an Immovable Object, this is an Irresistible Force.
This Extraordinary Movie takes place in a Suburban Landscape that looks like that Plasticville Train Accessory place that Kids used to assemble under the Christmas Tree. That is No Accident and is another one of the Director's "Parallel Universe" where he Opens a Porthole so We can take a look.
This Fantastic Fantasy looks Hauntingly Beautiful with a skewed familiarity that is Flamboyant despite its rather narrow strokes. There are Pastels and Gaudy People with Shallow Sensibilities.
In fact the Shallowness is apparent Everywhere as it needs to be. The Dialog isn't deep, the Characters are One Dimensional, and it is so Amazing that this becomes a Sentimental Story for the Ages and it Plays for all ages. It cuts to the very Fiber of the Human Condition without hardly trying.
This is Tim Burton's Best and although He has made many Fine Films about Outcasts and Rejects, Misanthropes and Odd Fellows, this one is His most Engaging and Enduring. It is a very Special Movie.