A Tim Burton Fairy Tale

Rating: Null/10 (26 October 2002)

This is perhaps one of the most stylish and visually artistic films I've seen in my life. You don't need to see the credits to recognize right away that this is a Tim Burton film. If Elfman's music (one of my favorite of his scores) doesn't give it away over the studio logos, the first glimpse of the film's visual atmosphere will.
The cast of Sleepy Hollow is almost unprecedented for a horror film--the legendary Christopher Lee and Ian Mcdiarmid, Michael Gough, Christina Ricci, and Johnny Depp to name a few all give a performance to be expected of them. Heck, even the Headless horseman (fight double is Ray Park from Star Wars 1), and the actor who plays the horseman when he has a head--a nice surprise that should not be spoiled. There is no one else for that role.
And really, I can think of very little else to describe the film other than the name of the Director "Tim Burton". You either like his style or you don't, and if you know the name of this director you should have a pretty good idea of what you're in for. Sleepy Hollow is the adaptation of the classic novel, and the film itself is something purely Tim Burton.