Enjoyable But Overrated Burton Animation

Rating: 5/10 (8 April 2007)

While this story was creative, it was not original-there have been similar inter-dimensional/realm travel plots throughout cinematic history. The animation is not the masterpiece it is played up to be, the dark Disneyesque songs, and the Gothic Tim Burton theme combine to make this something we've never quite seen before, while it is still reminiscent of scores of other works...Beetle Juice for one, which is another well-received Tim Burton Gothic rom/com with the darkling edge.
In my opinion, this is one of the more over-rated animations ever. James and the Giant Peach came out about the same time, and it was much better done, but without the Gothic story and setting.
Enjoyable, but overrated. And the animation isn't all it's made out to be.
It rates a 5.4/10 from...
the Fiend :.