Funny yet scary, dark but beautiful.

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2000)

Let's do this Up to date my favorite Tim Burton film was The Original Batman. Sleepy Hollow just changed that. The Film is so well done that in retrospect only Tim Burton could have done it justice. It's a Film that's full of contrasts. Dark, yet beautiful, Somber yet camp. One of the funniest things about sleepy hollow is the acting. It's straight out of the Hammer house Movies. Apparently that's exactly what Mr. Burton wanted. He gave cast members full access to his hammer house film library. Johnny Depp is brilliant as Crane Ichabod, the investigator who quickly finds himself out of his depth in the spooky town of sleepy hollow. Christina Ricci is okay as the love interest but to be quite frank considering all she really does is scream and faint, any number of actresses could have played her part. The rest of the supporting cast is quite brilliant with Tim Burton bringing together a strong British and American crew. So what's the Story you ask. It's quite simple really. The Town sleepy hollow is haunted by a headless Horseman who has a bad habit of Chopping peoples heads. In Comes Ichabod Crane who's been sent in to investigate the rumors. He is of course skeptical to say the least. This changes very quickly and he finds that not only must he confront the demons that haunt sleepy hollow, he also as to come face to face with his own. Enjoy, if you want good old fashioned entertainment go see It.
SmoothBond