Frankenweenie

2012
PG
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

120K

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Stop Motion Animation Animation Comedy Drama Family Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

120K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

634

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 50 nominations total

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Winona Ryder

Elsa Van Helsing
(voice)

Catherine O'Hara

Mrs. Frankenstein
(voice)
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Martin Short

Mr. Frankenstein
(voice)
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Martin Landau

Mr. Rzykruski
(voice)

Charlie Tahan

Victor Frankenstein
(voice)

Atticus Shaffer

Edgar 'E' Gore
(voice)

Robert Capron

Bob
(voice)

James Hiroyuki Liao

Toshiaki
(voice)

Conchata Ferrell

Bob's Mom
(voice)

Tom Kenny

New Holland Towns Folk
(voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Persephone van Helsing
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Jeff Bennett

Giant Sea Monkeys
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jon Donahue

Additional Voices
(voice)
(uncredited)

Christopher Lee

Movie Dracula
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Gary Martin

Giant Sea Monkeys
(uncredited)

Melissa Stribling

Movie Mina
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Frank Welker

Sparky Frankenstein
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Tim Burton
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Trivia
The pet cemetery features the grave of Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Goofs
During the classroom scene when Mr. Rzykruski is explaining the mechanics of lightning, his diagram shows positively charged clouds above the ground, which is shown as being negatively charged by electrons. The diagram should contain negatively charged clouds (containing a surplus of negatively charged electrons) over the ground which should not have any charge.

Quotes
Mr. Rzykruski: Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive,unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children's heads, I can take them and crack them open. This is what I try to do, to get at their brains!

Crazy credits
When the Disney logo has almost completed, a flash of lightning turns the logo black-and-white, the sky turns cloudy and the music turns scary.

Connections
Featured in 56th BFI London Film Festival (2012)

Soundtracks
Six Powerful Cues (a)
Written by Wilfred Burns (as Wilfred William Burns)
Courtesy of APM Music

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Featured review

7/10

Stop-motion at its best

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After 26 years of the short movie, Tim Burton brings us a movie with his name written all over it. Creative and original, Frankeweenie illustrates its writer's original roots.

The concept is fascinating. Most of the characters are based on iconic horror movie characters, like Frankenstein and Van Helsing. In addition, the movie is set in black and white, trying to capture the old look of horror movies. And yes, I don't think this film is suitable for children, more like teenagers and adults, containing some scenes that may disturb children.

It's the story of Victor Frankenstein (voiced by Charlie Tahan), who, after losing his beloved dog Sparky, tries to revive him using lightning. The experiment is a success, but no one should know about what happened. Things start to get messed up when Edgar (voiced by Atticus Shaffer) discovers Sparky.

The animation is great. Tim Burton brings us a stop-motion masterpiece, paying attention to every detail from the movie's beginning to its end. The decent overall voice performance does the job just fine, giving us spooky character, Atticus Shaffer's voice gave me the chills. Tim Burton's fine job and the voice actors' performance give us the horror atmosphere necessary for the movie.

Burton is always highly imaginative and creative, but he's somehow missing something. Don't get me wrong, the movie's great, but something would've made it better. Frankenweenie will entertain a good percentage of its watchers, making it a must see 2012 movie.