To be honest, it's the songs that betray this movie.

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2003)

I'm not sure where this film went wrong. Clearly, it's a labour of love, and clearly there's more going on in each scene than there is the entire screenplay of most films ever made. So why isn't it a classic? I think it's the songs. Irrelevant, tuneless, lumbering and uninspired, they dominate the film's events and detract attention from the otherwise astounding spectacle. Danny Elfman has done some fabulous stuff in his time: Edward Scissorhands, Batman etc. But when his songs were thrown into the spotlight as they were here, they sadly failed on so many levels.