A fantastic Tim Burton film

Rating: Null/10 (28 September 2014)

Another fantastic Tim Burton film, though not on the same level as "Ed Wood". Johnny Depp is brilliant as the quirky, eccentric and extremely intelligent Ichabod Crane. I think that he's the best of the sadly very few current Hollywood stars who are worthy of being counted with the greats of yesteryear. Depp leads a very, very talented cast of mostly British actors. I don't really see why Miranda Richardson adopted an American accent when playing both Lady Mary and the old crone though when all of the other established British actors used their natural accents. Conversely, Depp used an English accent while Christina Ricci's had a slightly Mid-Atlantic feel to it.
That very minor issue aside, the film is thoroughly entertaining with a wonderfully spooky and often downright scary atmosphere. Gothic horror is the only horror subgenre that I like and this is the most effective example of it that I've seen besides the very best of the Hammer films and the 1931 version of "Frankenstein". Tim Burton and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a match made in Heaven. Or should I say Hell?