Review of Sleepy Hollow (1999) by Kevin M. W — 26 Jul 2015
Burton creates the best homage to the Universal monster films of the late 30's, early 40's that I've ever seen in this steroid-injected take on the old Washington Irving tale of a horse-riding phantom of doom.
Not everything goes smoothly. Johnny Depp has to "do" scared wimpy guy a bit too much, making other actors have to react disgustedly too much as well. It gets old after the third or fourth time.
Walken's ghost growls sometimes too long ("stop growling and do something, f'cryingoutloud!" I'd think). And Ricci ... was she only a stand-in for Winona Ryder? Whatever, despite these niggling concerns, the work succeeds in eliciting the romance those films of old simmered in, the mood and nuance.
I loved it.
This review of Sleepy Hollow (1999) was written by Kevin M. W on 26 Jul 2015.
Sleepy Hollow has generally received very positive reviews.
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