2012 · stop-motion · horror · black-and-white
Frankenweenie
Directed by Tim Burton1h 27m2012
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
Our read: Frankenweenie (2012) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive stop-motion · horror · black-and-white entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured stop-motion / horror, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- inventive
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