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

4,735

1,940

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 50 nominations total

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
Writers
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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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Burton's Best in Years

Frankenweenie (2012)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

Tim Burton's excellent remake of his 1984 short about a young boy who suffers a heartbreaking loss when his dog is ran over and killed by a car. Inspired by a science experience, the young boy decides to use electricity to bring him back to life. FRANKENWEENIE was a pretty big disappointment at the box office but I guess this type of storyline would be a hard sell to certain parents plus the B&W might scare off a few as well. I can honestly say that this here is the best thing Burton has done in years as it really reminded me of his earlier days where the imagination was all over the place and it really delivered some fun, laughs and great emotion. I really, really loved the original movie and I really didn't think it would work when expanded to a longer running time but Burton and screenwriter John August has done a very good job with this. I think what makes this one so special are the various homages to earlier horror movies like BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, FRANKENSTEIN and there's no question that the scientist here is a homage to Vincent Price and we even got a great way to show off Christopher Lee. The entire look of the film is excellent as well because you really do feel as if you're watching a horror movie from their Golden Age because the sets are incredible, the humans are wonderful and once the animals start to come back at the end you can't help but smile. I really liked the way the other kids started to copy our hero here and we're left with a monster mash at the end including a giant turtle, which is obviously a wink to the Godzilla films. Catherine O'Hara, Martin Landau, Martin Short and Winona Ryder are all extremely good in their vocal work as is Charlie Tahan as the young boy. FRANKENWEENIE is certainly a terrific little gem that I think will play extremely well with the right child and of course the parents are really going to enjoy not only the charm but also the respect towards the films that came before it.