Frankenweenie

10/5/20121h 27m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.

Director:

Tim Burton

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$39,000,000.00

Revenue:

$81,493,846.00

Key words:

shyness
stop motion
dog
animal death
animal lover
suburban gothic

Cast

Catherine O'Hara

~ as ~

Mrs. Frankenstein / Weird Girl / Gym Teacher (voice)

Martin Short

~ as ~

Mr. Frankenstein / Mr. Burgemeister / Nassor (voice)

Martin Landau

~ as ~

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Charlie Tahan

~ as ~

Victor Frankenstein (voice)

Atticus Shaffer

~ as ~

Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)

Winona Ryder

~ as ~

Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

Robert Capron

~ as ~

Bob (voice)

James Hiroyuki Liao

~ as ~

Toshiaki (voice)

Conchata Ferrell

~ as ~

Bob's Mom (voice)

Tom Kenny

~ as ~

New Holland Townsfolk (voice)

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Reviews (2)

r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Good stuff, unmistakably Tim Burton.

Frankenweenie is a solid stop-motion horror film from Disney. Interesting plot, coupled with a suitable cast and untypical animation. It's also in black-and-white, which doesn't hamper things at all - I, in a weird sort of way, kinda forgot it was b/w for vast portions.

Charlie Tahan voices the lead character, Victor Frankenstein. You also have well-known names in Winona Ryder (Elsa), Martin Short (Edward) and Catherine O'Hara (Susan). I also liked Martin Landau as Rzykruski. There's decent humour amongst those characters, too.

Worth a watch, for sure.
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
This time it's the Frankenstein story that gets the Tim Burton treatment delivering us an hybrid of "Edward Scissorhands" (1990) and Karloff's "Frankenstein" (1935) with a little pooch throw in for good measure. It's the eponymous mutt that gets hit by car whilst fetching a baseball hit, surprisingly, out of the park by his young master "Victor". Distraught, the scientifically minded youngster concocts a cunning plan to use the attic windows, some toy seahorses and loads and loads of lightning to bring "Sparky" back from the dead. What now ensues is quite a fun series of escapades as the young man resurrects his friend and tries to keep it a secret from his schoolmates ahead of a looming science fair that causes his friends to try to mimic his skills and create monstrous mayhem en route. The monochrome stop-motion animation (especially their eyes!) and typically fun Danny Elfman score make for an effective comedy-horror and it is hard not to engage with the reincarnated patchwork puppy. Their rather menacing science teacher "Rzykruski" reminded me of Christopher Lee, too. It's a quickly paced and engaging tale with a gentle morality to it - love, loyalty, friendship all feature strongly in a narrative that goes some way to illustrate how, illogically sometimes, people can become attached to their pets. Good fun, this film.