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Rating: 6 stars

All movies seen on 05/13/2012

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Dark Shadows (2012)

Directed by Tim Burton

Comedy | Fantasy

Most recently watched by Javitron, eduardovictory, sleestakk, schofizzy, elisabethwithns, lordofthemovies, Drew73, GMOM65, SIxBORG

Overview

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

Rated PG-13 | Length 113 minutes

Actors

Johnny Depp | Michelle Pfeiffer | Helena Bonham Carter | Eva Green | Jackie Earle Haley | Jonny Lee Miller | Chloë Grace Moretz | Bella Heathcote | Gulliver McGrath | Ray Shirley | Christopher Lee | Alice Cooper | Ivan Kaye | Susanna Cappellaro | Raffey Cassidy | Alexia Osborne | William Hope | Glen Mexted | Josephine Butler | Shane Rimmer | Michael Shannon | Nigel Whitmey | Philip Bulcock | Sophie Kennedy Clark | Hannah Murray | Victoria Bewick | Charlotte Spencer | Lee Nicholas Harris | Harry Taylor | Sean Mahon | Guy Flanagan | Richard Hollis | Felicity Brangan | Justin Tracy | Duncan Casey | Jonathan Frid | Kathryn Leigh Scott | Lara Parker | David Selby

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Neither as bad as I was led it might be, nor anywhere nearly as good as I hoped it could be, Dark Shadows just trudges along a path between campy comedy and something more dramatic and sinister. As a result it manages to achieve neither to any great degree.

Michelle Pfeiffer turns in a nice understated performance, somehow managing to keep her composure and dignity despite the campiness that surrounds her.

I also enjoyed Jackie Earle Haley’s work as the constantly drunk Willie Loomis. I hope Haley keeps getting more work. Ever since his standout role as Rorschach in The Watchmen, I’ve been a fan.

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