I feel like I've read many comments about Tim Burton slipping over the last few years with his most recent projects. Frankenweenie is presented to give a big middle finger to all the disbelievers. This is easily Burton's best project in years and it's easily one of my favorite movies of 2012.
Victor Frankenstein is a young, lonely scientist whose only friend in the world is his dog Sparky. After an accident results in Sparky's death, Victor is heartbroken and lonelier then ever. That is, until a recent experiment from his science teacher demonstrates that sometimes there is a way to bring the dead back to life. Once Victor's attempt is successful, Sparky is back to life, and chaos ensues as a result of others in the town desiring to recreate the same experiment.
Frankenweenie is such a beautiful picture, it has elements that will make you feel like you're viewing a dream and a nightmare all at once. That's part of Tim Burton's skill, even in the doom and gloomy situations, there's still a beautiful element that makes the eye dance (see Sleepy Hollow for further questions). The stop motion animations looks incredible and it helps Frankenweenie create a world unlike many other animated films.
Frankenweenie also manages to bring the humor and emotion. Many scenes are laced with charm and laughs, from Victor's creepy friend, to the terror that results in the failed experiments in the climax, to the wide-eyed girl with her equally wide-eyed cat. But when it needs to be, Frankenweenie packs an emotional punch. Losing a loved one whether they were human or four-legged will always sting and the possibility of bringing them back is a common thought. Frankenweenie deals with this in the best way possible. Whoever thought a movie about the dead would pack so much of a brain, heart, funny bone, and soul?
4/4
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