Frankenweenie
Young Victor Frankenstein (Charlie Tahan) is a science nerd and outsider at school, but he does have one good friend: his dog, Sparky. But then, tragedy strikes, and Sparky shuffles off this mortal coil. Victor is heartbroken, but his science teacher (Martin Landau) gives him an idea of how to jolt old Sparky back to life. The experiment is successful, and all goes well, until Victor's fellow students steal his secret and use it to resurrect other dead animals -- with monstrous consequences.
Release Date: October 05, 2012
Runtime: 1 hr 27 min
Director: Tim Burton
Producer: Tim Burton, Don Hahn, Allison Abbate
Cast: Conchata Ferrell, Tom Kenny, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, James Liao, Atticus Shaffer, Charlie Tahan, Robert Capron
(less)Ok for ages 9+ . What would you rate it?
Rated PG Thematic Elements|Scary Images|Action
- Sex & Nudity
- Violence & Gore
- Profanity
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This film was an excellent addition to family-friendly Halloween movies. Director Tim Burton included thematic elements seen in some of his other classic films, including the all-too-perfect society, seen in Edward Scissorhands and Big Fish, and the creepy-but-not scary environment seen in The Nightmare Before Christmas. It is nicely paced and Burton pays an impressive amount of attention to detail with his character development and animation.
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As with most films that came out of the Brain of Tim Burton this one definitely has all the weirdness and oddities that mark Tim Burton films. The Kid characters feel like they could have been taken right out of the Nightmare before Christmas. They all have odd quirks and look like walking corpses. The plot is just as odd and impossible. A smart kid brings his dog back to life after lying in the ground for 2 days. Once his secret gets out his classmates create monster reincarnations of their own. chaos ensues and the monsters are vanquished at last. The whole idea that shoving a little electricity and some human tears into a dead corpse will bring back dead animals from death is galling. Like The Nightmare before Christmas you have to keep in mind that this is a world of Tim Burton's creation. A world in which anything is possible, a fantasy.
The animation is superb and the music isn't bad either. Putting aside the whole kid-playing-God message, there is a pretty strong message of family and love. For that this is worth seeing atleast once.
This is definitely a PG movie for animal violence, some disturbing imagery, and a particularly disturbing female character predicting the future through her cat's feces.n Surely there must have been a less disgusting way to present predictions of the future. Thats Tim for you.April 20th, 2013 Details -
"Frankenweenie" feels like a lazy retread of a lot of increasingly tired elements from Burton's wheelhouse. Nowhere near as charming, fun, quirky or memorable as the filmmaker's other animated features, particularly the Henry Selick-directed "Nightmare Before Christmas." Also, some of the imagery might be a little too gruesome for younger viewers.
April 9th, 2013 Details -
Frankenweenie is a good family movie. Kids will likely love Sparky, the dog brought back from the grave, and there are only a couple of mild scares. I love stop-motion animation, and this movie is fun to watch with all of the detail you can see in it. I did wonder why there was a need to remake the old Frankenweenie short, but the new characters and plot additions are a plus. I especially thought Edgar E Gore (Atticus Shaffer) was a riot. This movie is a good addition to the halloween holiday canon.
October 6th, 2012 Details -
This is an excellent film that is the result of months and months of work by Disney and Tim Burton. A couple decades ago Tim Burton made a short film by the same name with the desire to make it into a full length film, a task he has finally completed. The film is beautifully crafted in stop-motion 3D animation. The film very much so has a Tim Burton feel to it, as it should. The town of New Holland even has some resemblances to the town where Edward Scissorhands lived. Frankenweenie has heart and some pretty good laughs. What is also laudable is the fact that several of the voice cast involved provide voices for multiple characters. This was an excellent film that both children and parents will enjoy, especially during the weeks leading up to Halloween. Fans of classic horror films and characters will find references to many characters aside from the obvious Frankenstein references. The film does contain some tense and scary moments mentioned in the rating description that could be a bit frightening to even younger kids. Overall a great film that will be cherished for years to come!
October 4th, 2012 Details -
awesome movie!
March 17th, 2013 Details -
Lots of laughs. Kids loved it.
January 27th, 2013 Details