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Ed Wood
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1994
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4.5
Burtons film is a loving tribute to this man whose cinematic ambitions outweighed his talent ten to one.
Austin Chronicle
4.5
The strangest biographical film ever made is also one of the most charming, melancholy and quirkily humorous films of the year; a wonderfully sparse r ..
Austin Chronicle
4.5
The films most unforgettable character, however, is Martin Landaus Bela Lugosi.
Collider
4.4
It takes a special weird genius to be voted the Worst Director of All Time, a title that Wood has earned by acclamation.
Rogerebert
4.0
Tim Burtons touching comic film pays tribute to Ed Woods inimitable enthusiasm.
Spirituality And Practice
5.0
Ed Wood would make a great double feature with Citizen Kane, the sad, fascinating lives of two men vying for greatness and almost achieving it.
Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
The bleak, black humor of this black and white film manages to celebrate Woods passion for filmmaking.Martin Landaus performance as Lugosi is inspired ..
Lariat
5.0
This is a tour de force that hovers on the edge of parody without ever falling over, and when Lugosi dies, the picture dies a little too.
The Guardian
5.0
True or not, the film is brilliant in every capacity rich, warm and outrageously funny.
Mountain X
4.2
Technically, the black and white Ed Wood is a highly accomplished production.
Emanuellevy
0.0
Depps performance is a spangly cartoon, stylized in its cockeyed optimism and powered by an unfakeable innocence.
Ew
3.0
If not, this films appeal is rather limited, though theres contagious joy in how Depp and others put across the giddy thrill of the filmmaking process ..
Common Sense Media
3.8
Ed Wood Sweet, Schlocky Portrait Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey Jones and Bill Murray.
Sf Gate
4.0
Making a movie about the life of Ed Wood certainly qualifies as an impossible dream, but Burton has pulled it off with wit, imagination and something ..
Washington Post
3.0
Burton has evoked the surface of Ed Woods life, but in a story about a man who loves angora and frilly panties, he has barely unbuttoned Woods uniform ..
Washington Post
5.0
The quasi historical basis of the film sets it apart from the fantasy and whimsy that usually dominates Disney animated features, and the animators fu ..
Mr Brown Movies
3.1
Given the finished film, one also has to wonder if Ed Wood was interesting enough to base a two hour movie on.
ReelViews
4.5
And like all the relationships in this film, it is both touching and frequently hilarious, but never condescending or superior.
Deseret News
4.4
Wood and his entourage may be bizarre, but theyre sympathetic and likable; one roots for Wood to succeed despite his evidently complete lack of talent ..
Movies Tv Guide
5.0
The film is also a visual marvel.I love how Burton balances satire and realism, making a movie about the world of 50s B movies without turning it into ..
Montreal Film Journal
3.5
After all, its a straight forward biopic of one Ed Wood whom history will probably remember as one of the worst, if not the worst, director of all tim ..
Scifi Movie Page
5.0
Not if you already own the DVD, but for the legions of people who havent yet discovered it, this makes a great opportunity to become familiar with a j ..
Scifi Movie Page
5.0
Its ironic that the director that produced some of the worst films of all time has gotten one of the best Hollywood themed biopics ever made about him ..
Movie Martyr
4.0
Neither Depp nor Burton plays Woods eccentricities for cheap laughs.
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