Tim Burton's most enjoyable movie in a long time.
- Tom Charity, CNN.com, January 07, 2013
In the very best sense, the film is wall-to-wall eye candy.
- Jim Schembri, 3AW, November 02, 2012
Beautiful, technically astonishing animation and the emotional whack of a lightning bolt cannot quite hide the stitches holding together a paucity of ideas and humour.
- Iain Gray, Film4, October 30, 2012
I loved this. It is so beautiful and there's almost an innocence to it that Burton achieves.
- Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia), October 25, 2012
It was wise to make the film in black and white, and 3D adds to the charm of this sweetly retro experience. Sparky is hereby added to my list of the cinema's most endearing woofers.
- David Stratton, At the Movies (Australia), October 25, 2012
Burton is in lively, playful and sharp form here, deftly balancing blatant eeriness with a chipper cheeriness that excuses many a macabre event.
- Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia), October 25, 2012
A loving homage to everything from Frankenstein to Godzilla by way of cosy American suburbia circa the analogue era, Frankenweenie makes superb use of black-and-white and shades of grey, thoughtful lighting and an equally thoughtful musical score.
- Lisa Nesselson, sbs.com.au, October 25, 2012
With its anti-intellectualism critique, classic horror film homages and beautiful production design, Frankenweenie is a great film for adventurous young audiences.
- Thomas Caldwell, Cinema Autopsy, October 24, 2012
Entertaining and with something to say, Frankenweenie is an ideal family film: it treats children with respect and its extraordinary attention to detail in the stop motion animation, painstakingly done, gives adults as much to enjoy
- Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile, October 22, 2012
Uncluttered by the simplicity of the format, the attention to detail is extraordinary with concentration on the storytelling and the characters. That is why we are right there... through all the emotional hills and valleys
- Louise Keller, Urban Cinefile, October 22, 2012
A funny and touching monster mash-up, with wonderfully strong work from the entire cast...this is essential viewing for animation fans.
- Annette Basile, FILMINK (Australia), October 21, 2012
An exceptionally appealing family comedy, a stunningly realised stop-motion celebration of cinema, and an audacious criticism of America's anti-intelligentsia plague in one.
- Simon Miraudo, Quickflix, October 21, 2012
Very sweet, very funny, really quite touching and exquisitely handmade, by a film lover with humour and a heart, for a like-minded audience.
- Angie Errigo, Empire Magazine, October 15, 2012
Tim Burton is back on old-fashioned Stygian form with Frankenweenie. It's an animated children's film sufficiently dark and twisted to provide adult amusement too.
- Kate Muir, Times [UK], October 12, 2012
For Burton all animation is reanimation, and Frankenweenie's magnificent puppets ... look eerily conscious: stop-motion really is the perfect medium for this story.
- Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph, October 11, 2012
Burton's best film since 1994's Ed Wood or even 1990's Edward Scissorhands.
- Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, October 10, 2012
A likable film, though not a sensational development in Tim Burton's career.
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK], October 10, 2012
Maintains the legitimately dark tone of the original short while expanding the narrative in a pleasingly Scissorhands-esque direction.
- Charlie Lyne, Ultra Culture, November 10, 2012
Clinching the film's spell is its implied exhortation to the kid in each of us.
- Nigel Andrews, Financial Times, October 18, 2012
Perhaps too scary for young kids and too cute for adults, Frankenweenie is nonetheless a hugely likable pet project.
- Adam Woodward, Little White Lies, October 17, 2012
