Great Film, One of Tim Burton's Best.

Rating: 8/10 (7 October 2019)

Review:
'Sleepy Hollow' is an American gothic-supernatural-horror film directed by Tim Burton. It is loosely based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. I'm not the biggest fan of Tim Burton movies, so I went into this movie with low expectations and I'm so happy I did. I enjoyed with movie so much, there is nothing better than expecting garbage and getting an entertaining story.
In 1799, New York City police constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) is dispatched to the upstate Dutch hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, which has been plagued by a series of brutal decapitations. Ichabod begins his investigation, skeptical of the paranormal story, until one night he sees the Horseman behead one of his victims with his own eyes.
First and foremost, this is a stacked movie when it comes to high hitters in the British acting community. Not only do we get the talents of Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci being the two leads of the film. We also get the amazing Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths and Jeffrey Jones as some side characters playing towns folks, and Christopher Walken as the Horseman. The acting felt very 'play like' and that's not a bad thing at all. I loved how it felt and came together, it worked with the type of movie this was.
From the very beginning of this movie I knew I was going to be in for a treat because of the cinematography. The camera angles that are used in this movie and the color play is incredible, they take chances that not a lot of film in this age would try being said to be a gothic genre. The story is also very tight, by that I mean it didn't have any filler scenes. Everything that is on screen is necessary to the story.
Overall, I was personally very surprised by this one. It is classic Tim Burton being a gothic story and having Johnny Depp of course, but it was a dark tale before he got a hold of it and it wasn't ruined with changing the story like he does in a lot of his films.
4/5