Sleepy Hollow gets a 9, but it owes credit to Burtons previous work

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 1999)

Yes, yes, yes... I've given it a 9, but it is mostly due to the previous works of Tim Burton. Too much of the stuff, you would expect from a Burton's film is missing here. The Great Explanation scene in the end is some releif (we finaly get the campy Hack! by Miranda Richardson -- much the Joan Crawford style). And surely Ricchi, acting quite nice at times (What? is SHE to be nice?) is totally out of place. This reminds me of Minnie Driver in An Ideal Husband. You keep wondering, who put that contemporary tart into a costume drama. Posing as a "good girl"... As for the film, it Is Burton, it Is spectacular, it Is Depp and it Is a very good film. But... Burton surely could make it better...