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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The PlaylistDrew TaylorThe PlaylistDrew TaylorIt 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.
- 90Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondThis magnificent stop-motion cartoon is alive - "it's alive! - with laughs and heart.
- 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!
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceFrankenweenie, 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.
- 70VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangThis 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.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThough 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.
- 60Arizona RepublicKerry LengelArizona RepublicKerry LengelThere'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.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyIt is nonetheless imaginative in a highly familiar and ultimately tedious way.
- 38Slant MagazineNick SchagerSlant MagazineNick SchagerTim Burton's sense of playfulness feels forced throughout, and as the film progresses, any humor or inventiveness takes a backseat to tumultuous set pieces that reference Frankenstein.