it's time for everything to go in one direction

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2005)

Everyone knows "The Tale of Sleepy Hollow". Well, here Tim Burton has tweaked it a little. In this case, Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is a New York City constable in 1799 who is sent to the small town of Sleepy Hollow to investigate some bizarre decapitations. In the process, he not only gets interested in Katrina Van Tassel (Christina Ricci), but he also discovers a small-scale conspiracy relating to a bloodthirsty Hessian soldier (Christopher Walken) who was beheaded during the Revolutionary War.
As usual, Tim Burton puts an interesting spin on everything. Maybe some parts are a bit overdone, mainly Johnny Depp's overacting, but the whole movie will definitely have you on the edge of your seat the whole time.