LOS ANGELES: America's top critics are branding "Dark Shadows" frightful for all the wrong reasons.
From the Wall Street Journal to the Los Angeles Times, the reviews for the latest collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are frosty, with the Warner Bros. film receiving a mediocre 41 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Though the New York Times broke with the pack to call the big screen adaptation of the campy television soap opera Burton's most enjoyable film in years, most papers and websites griped that the director has once again concentrated more on visual flare than plot.
"Dark Shadows" hits theaters on Friday where it faces an uphill battle against the mega-grossing and critically acclaimed superhero film, "The Avengers."
Here's a look at what the critics are saying about the vampire comedy.
The Wall Street Journal calls the film intermittently amusing, but says it is mostly a piece of "over cooked camp." Critic Joe Morgenstern is particularly dismissive of Depp's portrayal of vampire Barnabas Collins.
"Mr. Depp bites off less than he can chew by sampling bits and bytes of former roles: the fey lilt of Jack Sparrow, the epicene affect of Willy Wonka, the elaborate courtliness of Don Juan DeMarco," Morgenstern writes.
In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan complains that "Dark Shadows" suffers from Burton's weak command for story structure and an unsuccessful attempt to be both scary and funny.
From the Wall Street Journal to the Los Angeles Times, the reviews for the latest collaboration between Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are frosty, with the Warner Bros. film receiving a mediocre 41 percent "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Though the New York Times broke with the pack to call the big screen adaptation of the campy television soap opera Burton's most enjoyable film in years, most papers and websites griped that the director has once again concentrated more on visual flare than plot.
"Dark Shadows" hits theaters on Friday where it faces an uphill battle against the mega-grossing and critically acclaimed superhero film, "The Avengers."
Here's a look at what the critics are saying about the vampire comedy.
The Wall Street Journal calls the film intermittently amusing, but says it is mostly a piece of "over cooked camp." Critic Joe Morgenstern is particularly dismissive of Depp's portrayal of vampire Barnabas Collins.
"Mr. Depp bites off less than he can chew by sampling bits and bytes of former roles: the fey lilt of Jack Sparrow, the epicene affect of Willy Wonka, the elaborate courtliness of Don Juan DeMarco," Morgenstern writes.
In the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan complains that "Dark Shadows" suffers from Burton's weak command for story structure and an unsuccessful attempt to be both scary and funny.
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