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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I wonder how would this movie survive without that team of actors specially "Johnny Depp" ?! This is a good fantasy movie without anything genuine, the idea of Vampire and its interaction, the witch and its classic evil character,the mysterious goal of a ghost, and a lot of unexplained events.You will enjoy that movie to an extent, you will get involved in the atmosphere of 1750 and later in the dark environment of 70's, the movie starts well and get your attention in the first half hour then you will get a feeling that another writer got involved suddenly.You will know a sufficient background about the characters, and you may think that the events will follow a specific pathway but you will get surprised a little with the turnovers.The supporting roles are quite a lot here but they didn't add much to the movie and their effect on the events is not that much because everything is about "Johnny Depp" which is not very good thing because that team of supporting actors has much talent that needed to be shown on the screen.The plot of the movie is the weakest point and you will feel a lot of stuff are not explained well, that may be annoying to you.Finally, it's an average "Johnny Depp" movie which i believe he should have his own category, it has good fantasy and weak comedy, and you may feel bored a little but try to overcome that with the music which will keep you alert.

I love the story writing and concepts, and even the idea behind it being dryly funny, but Burton is clearly struggling with control. Too square to be subversive and too lame to be funny, it's a fish-out-of-water macabre-comedy that's as pale as a man who sleeps in a coffin when compared to much better films (What We Do in the Shadows). A decent climax, nice gothic visuals, and Eva Green giving her all still can't bring life to this thing.

Even John Depp can't save this one. I am assuming that you are somewhat familiar with the other previous versions. Most of the beginning is straight "historic" story-telling and it is riveting. The chain-wrapped coffin of Barnabas Collins is found in a construction site. After 200 years of imprisonment, Barnabas drains 11 victims in no time. He proceeds to Collinswood Mansion after first walking through town, seeing the club scene in 1974. He tells only a select few that he is the real thing, vampire and all. To the others he is their distant English cousin. All the familiar characters are there including Willie Loomis, who doesn't have as much to do in this version but he becomes Barnabas' servant as always. Angelique the Witch never died, and she runs the "Angel Bay" fisheries which is the more successful cannery as the Collins family is the poor second cannery and has lost it's former glory. Dr. Hoffman is along to to try and alter Barnabas (and her own) bloodwork. As always, Victoria and Josette are played by the same young girl. "Vicky" is the reincarnation of Barnabas' lost love. The first half is not too bad, but then the story gets choppy, sloppy, and uneven. Angelique and Barnabas have a steamy love scene, Alice Cooper guests at a "Happening" party which falls flat. Then all "Hell" breaks loose. The witch entombs him and little David saves him. There is a huge Witch Vs. Vampire fight-to-the-death, and eventually both the cannery and the great house burn-to-the-ground. There of course is a lot more going before this, involving werewolves, ghosts, and Barnabas arrested for the murder of Dr. Hoffman. She betrayed him so he killed her and drank her blood. Way too "campy" in the 2nd half and choppy editing, although some of that could be for "running time". The soundtrack is horrible and includes "Carpenters" Songs. Finally, they get it right at the end as Vicky takes a swan dive off the watery breakers at the cliff. She dies and the spirit of Josette is restored to life. Barnabas falls with her and is restored to human form! A very financially successful film in spite of itself!

As Hollywood movies get worse and worse, past legends lose as well their brilliance (except Spielberg). Here Tim sure doesn't reach the levels of his 80s – 90s works but it's a bit better than his more recent works… I understand that it's a TV show adaptation but the idea of medieval characters getting out of sync with our modern technological time is the idea of our french top movie comedy « Les Visiteurs » ! At least, it's funny and Deep is unusually good with his noble manners ! I really like how the mansion was crazily Gothic, the 70s fashion and songs. With this great soundtrack, it erases the total void of Danny's score (do you remember the main theme ?) "Rorsaach" and Michelle was astounding all the more it has been ages that I haven't seen her and Green (who looked like Tim's past girlfriend especially when she did the martian girl) was a thousand time more hot there than in the "Sin City" sequel ! On the contrary, Miller, Carter and above all Moretz are just insipid ! Beyond this, there is really a story problem as it keeps repeating the same idea, the same dialogs (Green wants Deep as a lover and Deep isn't agree) and the violent finale is just a very cheap way to conclude this drama !