Dark, finely crafted, weak script with a good story

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2000)

I must admit I was expecting alot when I went to this movie, and to be honest it was both a little worse and better than I had expected it to be.
The visuals were superb, lots of gore; but never in an offensive way and Johnny Depp was fantastic as ever (eccentric probably best describes his character). The sword fighting was very well done, a nice surprise.
The script however was a little weak, though the story itself is excellent. What really let it down those was the over acting; only Depp could get away with it.
Overall a great film, and probably Burton's best to date.