Hardly Worthy of an R Rating

Rating: 7/10 (2 August 2012)

Tim Burton takes on Washington Irving's classic ghost story in this 1999 adaption with Johnny Depp in the lead and Christina Ricci as the love interest. The film tells of Constable Ichabod Crane who travels to the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow to solve the rash of murders by the Headless Horseman (Christopher Walken who is unseen for most of the film except for two flashbacks and the finale). The film is quite spooky for the majority of the film, but hardly a rated R movie. The only moments when that rating plays in is when the victims are decapitated on-screen. Johnny's performance is one that emasculates him at times in the movie, but he amuses me too. Miss Ricci is a sweet, but mysterious presence in her scenes throughout the film as we uncover the truth behind the mystery of the Horseman. This film is worth a viewing if you aren't too squeamish.