A great movie for a Saturday night at home

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2009)

Sleepy Hollow is the third collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Depp plays Ichabod Crane in a NYC police officer in 1799. He gets sent on leave for speaking out in court to a place called Sleepy Hollow, a creepy little town in upstate New York. While there, he investigates a series of gruesome be-headings. The townsfolk say it is the work of the Headless Horseman, a Hessian mercenary who was killed in the winter in '79 and is brought back from the grave for vengeful purposes. Depp is great at putting up a stoic front for someone who is essentially....a sissy. Christina Ricci is also quite good in the film, but one of the down points of the movie was her annoying accent. The movie doesn't skimp on dazzling effects and set pieces and the film is actually quite exciting. With Sleepy Hollow, Tim Burton has crafted a perfect horror movie for late night viewing. It can easily be enjoyed....aside from Ricci's accent. 8/10