Tim Delivers Again

Rating: 9/10 (3 December 2000)

I was so impressed with what Tim Burton had done to The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow. Anyone who has read the story, or is familiar with it, will know that Headless Horseman wasn't real at all. Which is why this movie works so well - the Headless Horseman is very real indeed.
You put Johnny Depp together with Tim Burton and you get gold. This is no different from their other collaborations. Brilliant mood, art direction and costuming makes you feel like you are watching the Disney cartoon come to life. I was applauding Burton's nod to Disney's animated short with an almost exact replication of Brom Bones throwing the flaming pumpkin at Ichabod Crane.
Andrew Kevin Walker changed the story for the better. If they had remade the original story, people would have been bored to tears. This is a wonderful action film that is filled with great imagery, human emotion and quirky humour. Highly recommended.