San Diego Reader

Tim Burton’s tiresome tribute to the TV goth soaper, with Johnny Depp fully committed as the heavily made-up vampire Barnabas. Their devotion is real, but the film is a rummage of poor gags and plot fragments that add up to little. It has campy design touches, corny creep-outs, vivid women (Michelle Pfeiffer, Bella Heathcote, witty Helena Bonham Carter, vampy witch Eva Green), and an aura of wasted expenditure. With Jackie Earle Haley, Christopher Lee, and a tiny cameo by the late Jonathan Frid, the definitive Barnabas. 2012.

— David Elliott

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• Rated PG-13 | 1 hour, 53 minutes
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Related links

• "Dark Shadows FANATIC Reviews the Burton/Depp DS" • May 11, 2012
• Dark Shadows: Dark Secrets, Grave Mistakes • May 9, 2012

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