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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 03 Oct 2012

Told without a trace of irony or of cynicism, [it] celebrates pluck, imagination, and the special bond between child and pet…

Review of Frankenweenie (2012)

By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 03 Oct 2012

Filled with nice and imaginative touches for monster movie buffs, 'Frankenweenie' might be stitched together from many sources, but it mostly…

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By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Oct 2012

The overall effect is great cinema, good fun, a visual feast for pie-eyed Burton fans - and a terrifically warped reminder of just how freaky…

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By David Medsker (361) for Bullz-Eye.com (1,091) on 03 Oct 2012

Burton apparently worked on this at night while directing Dark Shadows during the day…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 03 Oct 2012

While the big-headed, spindly puppets don't evoke enough emotion to make the movie a must-see, Burton's 3-D design team pours its heart into…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 03 Oct 2012

While Frankenweenie is fun, it is not nearly strange or original enough to join the undead, monstrous ranks of the classics it adores…

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By Betsy Sharkey (695) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 Oct 2012

He (Burton) has used that tonality deftly here, it keeps Frankenweenie visually stunning and the sensibility light…

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By Marc Mohan (821) for Oregonian (1,550) on 03 Oct 2012

Frankenweenie seems like a genuine effort to pass along this love to the next generation, and if one kid who sees it goes home and demands…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for NPR (1,713) on 03 Oct 2012

The picture is frustrating not because it's bad, but because of how almost-good it is…

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By David Hiltbrand (183) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 03 Oct 2012

It's not so much a miscalculation of his audience by Burton as it is a disregard…

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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 03 Oct 2012

The story brims with self-parody, social satire, horror, nostalgia, wit and emotional insight, with Burton keeping all the plates spinning…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 03 Oct 2012

A droll, delightfully macabre little gem...a boy-and-his-dead-dog fable that's an irresistible mixture of sentiment and spookiness…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 Oct 2012

The original short...is more economical story telling, purer…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 03 Oct 2012

Burton's extraordinary powers of imagination are in dazzling bloom, from the gorgeous stop-motion animation to the goofy, homemade horror movies…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 03 Oct 2012

Getting creeped out has never seemed this totally cool…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 03 Oct 2012

The movie, a simple yet immensely pleasurable tale of a little boy and his undead dog, is good enough on its own…

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By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 Oct 2012

Tim Burton's black-and-white, stop-motion expansion of his 1984 short about another young Frankenstein and his reanimated canine has initial…

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By Susan Granger (2,214) for SSG Syndicate (1,551) on 03 Oct 2012

Fun-filled and spooky - a weirdly wonderful animated comedy…

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By Jim Slotek (879) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 03 Oct 2012

It's simply the best and truest thing Burton's done in many years…

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By Christopher Lloyd (287) for Sarasota Herald-Tribune (239) on 03 Oct 2012

Frankenweenie is an amalgam of previous stories and themes Tim Burton has been churning out for nearly three decades now…

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