Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

hccarter-92839 For me, this film was a solid 6/10. I enjoyed the characters and the story as it developed, but by the end I had more questions than were answered. It seems like there is SO much content from the original material, and it would take a lot of skill to condense it all effectively into one two hour film. I don't think Burton achieved this. The creepy aspects are generally good, but sometimes a little reliant on familiar horror tropes. There is a child who can bring inanimate objects to life (Frankenstein style), the villains kill children and eat their eyes, and the slender man-esque monsters don't feel like especially fresh or interesting, but may appeal to a younger audience. The storytelling and plot development is not the strongest in this film, but the imagery and themes are present. Eva Green is fabulous as always, despite being a little stuck in her role as sexy goth bird foster mother and disappearing for the entire last part of the film. Overall, this is a fun film which made me want to read the books!

torarora I am giving this movie 4 stars only as a respect to the book as I love them and the ideas that are implemented to the story. I have read the books and I loved them that said I am not one to cry if a movie sails away from the book. But this was just awful. Tim Burton has sold out plot and story-telling to visuals and action, which I can't really blame him for as he decided to put content of 3 books into one movie. There was no character development, there was no time to get to know the main character, the relationships between characters have grown almost out of nowhere with no chemistry whatsoever. Hollowgasts that are terrifyingly strong and dangerous in the books are defeated by plastic skeletons in a 7 minute "epic" battle with the most boring ass carnival music in the background. I honestly cringed through the 7 minutes. Plot making zero sense, characters behave irrationally and out of character, I really find it hard to believe that the children from the book would have the courage to fight their most feared enemy after in a 2 day interval just because Jake, their hero that they've only known or 2 days gives them some sort of super courage that they can fly around and walk around invisible around fearless. Not to mention the villains, not terrifying at all, honestly Samuel Jackson's character was more cringe that Swartzenegger's villain from Batman. The plot rushed with many plotholes and loopholes to give the audience at least a bit of an understanding.And the acting. HOLY CRAP! The only good acting was the acting of Eva Green, I thought she was brilliant actually, otherwise it was just cringy and not believable at all. The main character's acting was probably worst of all followed by Emma's.I am so dissapointed, this had such a potential if only they made it into at least 2 movies and tried to develop the characters more. Tim Burton is no longer trying to make art, he is only trying to make money, relying on his fame and past contributions to film industry.

Johnny Soory Aseel This should not be classified as a family movie. The trailer portrays it as fun and entertaining movie. However, there is no mention of the people with their eyes carved out, villains with white eyes, monsters eating kids' eyes...etc I am an adult and I was somewhat disturbed. Imagine if kids watch it, they will end up having nightmares. Moreover, the plot was not at all interesting and the 3D effects were not impressive. Finally, I am sick and tired of seeing Samuel L. Jackson as a villain. Overall, it was a very disappointing experience.

minhhd Well... 8 star for concept, 1 more for the Headmistress actor and... minus 6 for all the crap which've put in the movie. Honestly base on this concept they could have done a much more successful series like pirates of the caribbean.