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Dark Shadows

Every family has its demons.

2012 · 1h 53m · PG-13 Comedy, Fantasy
Directed by Tim Burton

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Overview

Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
35%
Tomatometer
Rotten

The only reason to see Dark Shadows is to discover how dire and pointless-how flat-out dreadful-a movie can be even when it has Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Helena Bonham Carter attached to its flimsy pretext.

David Thomson, The New Republic
Rotten

This is not so much a coherent movie as it is a long, expensive joke in search of a purpose.

Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh

Mostly Dark Shadows is silly when we're trained to expect slightly richer fun from Burton and Depp.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten

Fans of Depp's past collusions with Burton will find their rewards along the way. But there's a perfunctory vibe to the goings on, a weariness amid the weirdness.

Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Rotten

Clearly, they made the movie they wanted to make. It's just not the movie this "Dark Shadows" fan hoped to see.

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

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