Gothic, romantic & gory..what more could you ask for?

Rating: 8/10 (15 January 2000)

There really has not been a film like this in quite a while. Its definitely a Tim Burton film, it has that darkness and obscurity that typifies most of his films, but it also manages to tie in a love story with old fashioned good vs Evil. Its just fantastic. The photography and set design is just amazing, its visual stunning to the eye and also ties in so well to the story. There is quite a bit of gore, fairly similar to the type of gore in films such as reanimator, Evil Dead etc- its a real horror, but a horror/comedy/romance all rolled in to one. The story in its entirity works really well, it takes a while for the whole plot to unravel, but it keeps all of us guessing. Johnny Depp is in fine form as is Christina Ricci. Its thoroughly enjoyable and i definitely recommend this to anyone who likes things that are a bit darker than your average film.