A bit sleepy a bit hollow (cinematheque)

Rating: 4/10 (17 May 2012)

I watched it just after a my work day and getting into dark woods like this made me sleep. It was all the more hard to resist as Depp isn't a first class actor at my eyes: he acts rather like C3PO: stiff, not much expressive or warmful.
Then, the crime story is a bit hard to follow, all the more than the names are too much alike. In addition, the original angle told at the beginning (science and reason vs lore and magic) isn't really used after.
At least, it's a Burton's movie so you can find very good things as well: the sets and production are wonderful if you like new england, mist and Gothic. Danny's score is a good one. By then, you could still find Lisa Marie in fantasy clips, not really useful to the story but cool.