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- 2012
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 2012
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Summary After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can b...
Directed By: Tim Burton
Written By: Leonard Ripps, John August, Tim Burton
- 2012
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
- 2012
- PG
- Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- 1 h 27 m
Frankenweenie
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7.4
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Summary After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor's fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new "leash on life" can b...
Directed By: Tim Burton
Written By: Leonard Ripps, John August, Tim Burton
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
74
82% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 38 Critic Reviews
74
82% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
16% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
It is pure, retro-cinematic joy.
Frankenweenie is that rare film that's both kid- and adult-friendly.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 259 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
20% Mixed
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
4% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 259 User Ratings
7.4
76% Positive
197 Ratings
197 Ratings
20% Mixed
51 Ratings
51 Ratings
4% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
Frankenweenie or bringing Tim Burton's mojo back from the dead
In 1984, when Tim Burton worked for Disney made a short film called Frankenweenie, which tells the story of Victor, a boy who after losing his dog Sparky in an accident decides to bring him back to life in the purest Frankenstein style, without considering the consequences this may cause. This work helps us to understand the basics of Burton's thematic and visual style, which became his trademark over the years: dark worlds with isolated and/or solitary characters faced to the reality of the world that confronts or rejects them.
It is almost 30 years later and a streak of quite irregular films that Burton returns to his roots and decided to resume the story of Frankenweenie to make an animated feature making use of the stop- motion technique, with which he created some of his best works such as the Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie is no exception, as it represents a return to the best films of Burton.
On this occasion the original story remains intact and makes a bigger emphasis on the impact of the resurrection of Sparky among Victor's friends and as they'll try to emulate the feat with catastrophic results for the small town they live in. Likewise, the relationship between Victor and Elsa, her neighbor and school crush is explored, through which a great reference to The Bride of Frankenstein is made, although it'snot the only one, since along the film there are winks to classic monsters movies from the 30's as the Mummy, Creature from Black Lagoon, Cabinet of Dr. Cagliari and even classic monsters like Godzilla. And the film itself is a homage to this cinema being filmed in black and white and with music in perfect tone by Danny Elfman (Burton's closest collaborator).
An innate quality of Burton is the skill to create endearing characters out of the dark and grotesque and the best example of it is Sparky, a little dog now part of the most adorable creations on the burtonian universe, and that somehow reflects many of elements or themes that have remained constant in most of Burton's filmography: childhood, loneliness, friendship and a strange fixation with death and what happens after this.
Excepting the end that seems to betray the original concept, it is safe to say that Burton needs to do more films like Frankenweenie and much less like Alice in Wonderland.
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one of the most weird , creative director tim burton presents " Franken weenie " . the movie presents it self in a creative weird way like most of his creepy animated movies like ( Corpses bride and nightmare before christmas.) but in the best way it has a very amazing imagination and good screenplay. Grade A+
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Frankenweenie is stitched together with love and a bit raggedy, like Sparky the dog in question.
You have to feel pleased just for the existence of a film like Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. A 3-D, black-and-white, stop-motion animated film, it's a one-man blow for cinematic biodiversity.
The picture is frustrating not because it's bad, but because of how almost-good it is.
It's a likable film, though not a sensational development in Tim Burton's career.
Tim 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.
After watching the trailer i was afraid that a wonderful story had been ruined because of the other kids but in the end, it turned out i loved all of their characters.They all had likable personalities and i was excited to see what monster each of them would create. Tim Burton has done it again and created a masterpiece that is great for all ages!
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"Frankenweenie" 10 Scale Rating: 6.0 (Decent) ...
The Good: Great animation and voice cast. Solid characterization and an amusing and cute idea. Essentially re-tells the story of Frankenstein's monster but with a boy and his dog, and you'd assume that the predictability would ruin the film. It doesn't.
The Bad: Not quite as entertaining as I had hoped. While it is a great concept, Burton just didn't bring enough of his own unique ideas to add to the story. A little slower than I expected it to be.
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Tim Burton is so hit or miss and with Frankenweenie the best you can say is that at least he's not adapting another remake. This was a decent film, but it's not the Nightmare Before Christmas.
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What an UNORGINAL idea!! Take an old idea from a horror movie, shoot it in black and white, make it boring and you have "Frankenweenie" Stay way from this movie!
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 5 Nominations
