I so wanted to like this movie

Rating: 5/10 (29 November 2004)

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, in a modern remake or a classic tale. But somehow, this movie just fails at all levels. I never cared about one thing that happened to any of the characters. I didn't feel sucked into the setting, or any rising tension.
They used obvious cardboard cutout backgrounds, perhaps to add a certain theatrical charm to the film...but this seemed like a cardboard cutout movie. Just a bunch of scenes strung together, lacking in all intagibles.
I liked the Actors, and the story of Sleepy Hallow, but this movie was a flat liner as far as I'm concerned. I gave it a 5, as it didn't move me one way or the other.