Director Tim Burton and Se7en screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker loosely adapt Washington Irving's The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow and turn it into a slasher flick homage to the Hammer films.
It's visually stunning, musically powerful and features a top-notch performance from Johnny Depp, but a script that stinks of multiple rewrites and an awkward performance from Christina Ricci drags it down a bit, sometimes brining nearly bringing the pacing to a complete halt.
It's not quite a film to lose your head over but enough to please Burton/Depp fans.
3½ bleeding Trees Of Death out of 5
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I caught this in theaters last night as part of its 25th anniversary. It was the second time I'd seen it on the big screen since it opened back in 1999. This movie is great simply because it captures so many iconic elements that would eventually go on to define an era (the Burton-Depp-Elfman partnership in full swing). I think 3½ head spins out of 5 is very fair, though I'm partial to giving it a ½ boost due to nut inflation (nut-flation).
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