Review of Dark Shadows (2012) by Artimis M — 25 Apr 2013

Is Tim Burton's best film? Of course not. But it's still a good movie.

This review of Dark Shadows (2012) was written by Artimis M on 25 Apr 2013.

Dark Shadows has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Andrew M (2,871) on 27 Jul 2017

Dull, uninspired work from Tim Burton, continuing a more lackluster era of his career…

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By Cody C (666) on 30 Aug 2016

Color me surprised. Never in a million years would I have thought I'd like this, but this is a great movie. A lot of fun…

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By Lucija P (1) on 25 May 2018

With a plot that's far too confusing and array of themes that should not be used in one single movie, as well as so many unexplained occurences,…

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By Glorimar S (138) on 24 Sep 2016

It was really good in certain ways... Having Depp in the movie make it better... Nice effects of the witch breaking like a porcelain doll…

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By Kent S (17) on 19 Mar 2017

I'm kind of surprised at the rating this got here on RT. I haven't been too fond of any of Burton's recent work but I actually liked this one a lot…

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What seems like it should work amazingly well just turns out to disappoint. There's really no explanation for it…

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By Angelina M (47) on 24 Sep 2016

It was really good in certain ways... Having Depp in the movie make it better... Nice effects of the witch breaking like a porcelain doll…

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By Matthew D (1,591) on 03 Jun 2017

Although I do love the movie, I feel like it has something missing…

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By Debbie Baldwin (220) for Ladue News (220) on 08 Nov 2018

Unfortunately the movie is neither scary enough to be a thriller nor funny enough to be a comedy, so it waffles sadly between the two genres…

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