Dark Shadows Reviews

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• this version of "Dark Shadows" would be a disappointment; from Burton, it's an even bigger one

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• the movie's tongue-in-cheek is firmly implanted, with jokes a-plenty referring to the outrageous styles of 1972

  by Kimberly Gadette [Doddle ]

• the film's strength lies in the juxtaposition of director Tim Burton's Gothic world with '70s pop culture

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• the film turns out to be an uncertain combination of elements that unsuccessfully tries to be half-scary, half-funny and all strange

  by Kenneth Turan [Los Angeles Times ]

• the film needs comedic anarchy

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• the film is otherwise handsome, vaguely true to the old soap opera, and inert

  by Bob Mondello [NPR ]

• that there was a lot of velvet and wall sconces and long meaningful looks between serious-faced adults in scary costumes

  by Dana Stevens [Slate ]

• satisfying and skillful effort

  by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle ]

• most of them are conducted off-screen, which might disappoint vampire fanatics out there

  by Joanna Langfield [The Movie Minute ]

• its real love affair is between Johnny Depp and the audience who's still hooked on seeing him get his freak on

  Review rate : B+ by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• for all the plot that's unfolding, the movie keeps a very deliberate pace

  by Glenn Kenny [MSN Movies ]

• amusing, in fits and spurts

  by Joe Morgenstern [Wall Street Journal ]

• a mess, and it's unclear whether its bizarre recipe of comedy, campy horror, and gothic melodrama will satisfy anyone, regardless of their familiarity with the source material

  by James Berardinelli [ReelViews ]

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