Frankenweenie

“Science goes astray!”

7.0

2012

1h 27m

AnimationComedyFamily

Director: Tim Burton

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.

Trailer

Frankenweenie - Comic-Con Trailer - From Tim Burton | Official Disney HD Official

Cast

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

Catherine O'Hara

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

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

Martin Short

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

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Martin Landau

Mr. Rzykruski (voice)

Victor Frankenstein (voice)

Charlie Tahan

Victor Frankenstein (voice)

Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)

Atticus Shaffer

Edgar 'E' Gore (voice)

Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

Winona Ryder

Elsa Van Helsing (voice)

Bob (voice)

Robert Capron

Bob (voice)

Toshiaki (voice)

James Hiroyuki Liao

Toshiaki (voice)

Bob's Mom (voice)

Conchata Ferrell

Bob's Mom (voice)

New Holland Townsfolk (voice)

Tom Kenny

New Holland Townsfolk (voice)

Sparky (voice) (uncredited)

Frank Welker

Sparky (voice) (uncredited)

Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Dee Bradley Baker

Persephone / Shelly / Were-Rat / Colossus / Mr. Whiskers / Driver (voice) (uncredited)

Reviews

r96sk

Good stuff, unmistakably Tim Burton. <em>Frankenweenie</em> 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.

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CinemaSerf

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.

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