USA TodayA beautifully crafted homage to classic horror films, a study of grief and a commentary on the mysteries of science and thos...
Chicago TribuneThe monster-movie component of Frankenweenie stomps all over the appeal of the original 30-minute version.
New York Daily NewsBurton's extraordinary powers of imagination are in dazzling bloom, from the gorgeous stop-motion animation to the goofy, ho...
The Boston GlobeFrankenweenie is a mere 87 minutes long, which turns out to be just the right length; there's not enough time for Burton to ...
Rolling StoneOnly Tim Burton could envision this Frankenstein-inspired tale, and it's a honey, a dark and dazzling spellbinder that scare...
The Philadelphia InquirerFrankenweenie is the apotheosis of goth director Tim Burton's oeuvre: artistic yet sterile, incredibly meticulous and totall...
Los Angeles TimesThere are so many horror auteurs Burton wants to thank that the film is absolutely bursting at the seams with knowing nods.
The New York TimesWhile Frankenweenie is fun, it is not nearly strange or original enough to join the undead, monstrous ranks of the classics ...
San Francisco ChronicleThe overall effect is great cinema, good fun, a visual feast for pie-eyed Burton fans - and a terrifically warped reminder o...
New York PostThe most Tim Burton-y of the director's films, and not just because it contains a vast catalog of references to his own movi...
Washington PostDesigned to appeal to both discriminating adults and older kids, the gorgeous, black-and-white stop-motion film is a fresh, ...
The GuardianTim Burton looks to the past with this crowdpleasing kiddie riff on the Frankenstein myth, which opens this year's London fi...
TelegraphFrankenweenie is a marvellously macabre stop-motion animation, and Tim Burton's sweetest, most disarming work since 1990’s E...
Chicago Sun-TimesIn 1984, Tim Burton launched his career with a live-action short named "Frankenweenie," and now he returns to that material ...
Total FilmBurton's finest, freshest film in ages is a welcome homecoming. You'd call it patchwork pastiche, if it weren't so zapped wi...
ReelViewsFrankenweenie is Tim Burton's animated remake of his live-action 1984 short of the same name.
Entertainment WeeklyIn Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, a mournful and resourceful 10-year-old boy named Victor, bereft after the accidental death of...
/FilmFrankenweenie is a particularly safe film for Burton, but it charms thanks to sheer wide-eyed likability, and through the go...
JobloIf it takes this type of stop-motion animated film to give us a real “Burton film” again, than let’s hope he returns to the ...
Black Sheep ReviewsBurton goes back to his roots and makes his best film since "Edward Scissorhands".
IGN MoviesTim Burton triumphs with this stunning stop-motion animated horror film, based on his 1984 short, about a boy who brings his...
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Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Tim Burton
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara
Release: October 15, 2012
Writer: Tim Burton
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Cast: Winona Ryder, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara
Release: October 15, 2012
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