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In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas (Johnny Depp) has the world at his feet-or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy...until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green). A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas 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 has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better... (official distributor synopsis)

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J*A*S*M 

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English Congratulations to Tim Burton for once again managing to make a bad film. And this time he tried really hard. Not a bit of darkness. Under the surface, another annoying wannabe stylish crap with a heavily made-up Johnny in the main role and an elite cast that has nothing to do under Burton’s direction. Awful, the only good thing is the soundtrack. ()

novoten 

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English It's such a shame that Dark Shadows came along just as most viewers were running out of patience with Tim Burton. I actually like the master of strangeness, and the story of Barnabas Collins seems better to me than the quickly fading Alice in Wonderland or the even more Burton-esque Sweeney Todd. There are a lot of oddities happening at Collinwood that amaze me with the director's imagination, or t which I can hardly resist laughing. Johnny Depp works perfectly as an atypical protagonist without batting an eye, and the rest of the film is stolen by the pubescent princess Chloë Grace Moretz even in a smaller space. Riding the waves of Danny Elfman's soundtrack, I made it to 90% with a slight reserve for distance and further projection, which a few years later confirmed that the rarely appreciated spectacle got stuck on the turbulent cliffs of the time. ()

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Lima 

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English Tim Burton's dumbest and most boring film, and I say that as a great admirer of his. So, let's summarize. Typical Burton goofy humour? There’s none of it. Burton's famous bizarre visual styling? Non-existent. The always so distinctive music of Elfman? I didn’t catch it. Immersive plot? Plot? What plot? So what the hell, at least some minor tidbits, like Barnabas's confrontation with modern times? Criminally underused. I'll let Barnabas's fangs bite me if I'm making this up, but these were my two longest hours at the movies in years. ()

Malarkey 

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English What is it that you gentlemen experts don't like about it again? Every time I go to his movie, it's clear to me that it will be an unorthodox story... and that's exactly what it is again. Sometimes he makes a movie just to make some money, like for example Planet of the Apes. And sometimes he simply and easily fulfills one of the many dreams that continue to accumulate in his portfolio. And so what if the movie cost 150 million dollars, when it was backed by the producer Johnny Depp, who still feels the need to deal with money. I really liked Dark Shadows. They had exactly what I wished for... and so what if it was all terribly kitschy. The characters were flawless, the actors played them absolutely fantastically, I also incredibly enjoyed the music, the atmosphere was again wonderfully magical and the story was exactly what I would expect from Tim. Even in terms of visualization, I have no objections. I really don't see any significant problems. I also like that Tim invites either well-known but unique faces or unfamiliar and original actors to his movies. And he didn't disappoint here either. Everything about this movie fit me wonderfully. And even though it wasn't particularly original and I could easily skip some scenes, I enjoyed it. And if nothing else, Eva Green must have brought immense joy to every guy. ()

Gilmour93 

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English What We Screw Up in the Shadows... Despite the vampire character, this Gothic pride, which suits death so well, is eager to see itself in the mirror. But behind it, there’s nothing left. This has been happening since Charlie’s factory for chubby kids, and some don’t want to admit it. With a bit more of a pointy bust, Eva Green was like Vampira in Ed Wood. It’s no wonder that the firefighters went to Tim Burton’s calves before they went to the Collins estate. ()

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