Frankenweenie

2.60
    Frankenweenie
    2012

    Synopsis

    When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

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    Cast

    • Charlie TahanVictor Frankenstein (voice)
    • Catherine O'HaraMrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)
    • Martin ShortMr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)
    • Martin LandauMr. Rzykruski (voice)
    • Atticus ShafferEdgar "E" Gore (voice)
    • Winona RyderElsa Van Helsing (voice)
    • Robert CapronBob (voice)
    • James Hiroyuki LiaoToshiaki (voice)
    • Conchata FerrellBob's Mom (voice)
    • Tom KennyNew Holland Townsfolk (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 91

      The Playlist

      It says something, then, that Burton's best, most enjoyable, and most emotionally resonate film in years is actually an adaptation of one of his very first projects: Frankenweenie.
    • 90

      Boxoffice Magazine

      This magnificent stop-motion cartoon is alive - "it's alive! - with laughs and heart.
    • 83

      IndieWire

      Burton's id explodes onto the screen with a plethora of demonic mutated critters.
    • 80

      Total Film

      Burton's finest, freshest film in ages is a welcome homecoming. You'd call it patchwork pastiche, if it weren't so zapped with energy, feeling and imagination. It's alive!
    • 80

      Village Voice

      Frankenweenie, scripted by John August, and based on a screenplay by Lenny Ripps from Burton's original story, is tight and brief, hitting all the marks you'd expect from an animated kid's film, and enlivened by Burton's visual style. The man should make more small movies like this one.
    • 70

      Variety

      This beautifully designed canine-resurrection saga feels, somewhat fittingly, stitched together from stray narrative parts, but nonetheless evinces a level of discipline and artistic coherence missing from the director's recent live-action efforts.
    • 60

      Time Out

      Though the tale demands a darker outcome, the director disappointingly goes the Mouse House happy-ending route with a reprise of the original short film's finale - one that somehow plays with even more cringeworthy sentimentality.
    • 60

      Arizona Republic

      There's no question it looks fantastic...As for the story, well, much like the original Frankenstein's monster, it is a haphazard assemblage of well-aged source materials jolted back to life with new technology, but it isn't quite as sophisticated as one might hope.

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