Visually impressive!

Rating: Null/10 (1 September 2003)

Sleepy Hollow is driven by a bunch of pretty good actors acting pretty well, a few cheap (the maid, etc.) and a few great (Mary van Tassel's sister, Katrina's fiancee) decapitation/gore scenes, a good mystery horror story with comedic elements, many wonderful sets and environents, great stage design, good looking sterile colors, beautiful cinematography and costumes, and of course a hot and lovely Christina. Elfman did a great job on the score. And hey, Ichabod's mother has a sweet pair of bumps there :o)
Where this movie lacks most is the directing (Tim Burton is okay, but he doesn't even try to do better) and the screenplay. Ichabod and Katrina are oh so in love but there's not even one real kiss shown in the whole movie. At the end Ichabod's character hasn't changed at all - he's still the same arrogant and snooty looser of a townsman although he has seen a lot since the day he has arrived at Sleepy Hollow. The red blood was too bright, looking artificial and ridiculous (good Hollywood blood - and real blood - has a solid dark wine red color and is not bright red beverage like looking ;-). Many many more holes in the screenplay (and probably the original story too? haven't read the book). I guess we could call the writers "headless"? ;-)
My ratings: story 7/10, cast 8/10 (except J.Jones, he was miscast imho), acting 8/10, suspense 7.5/10, action 7/10 (8.5 for the chase scene! probably one of the best scenes in this flick), overall from me: 7.5/10 (horror genre).
Just the Worth watching if you like horror movies or blood ;)