Unashamedly epic, but it's the details which make the film, particularly vampire-killing Anthony Hopkins and Tom Waits as insect-gobbling Renfield.
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09/26/07
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:36
Rotten:8
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Overblown in the best sense of the word, Francis Ford Coppola's vision of Bram Stoker's Dracula rescues the character from decades of campy interpretations -- and features some terrific performances to boot.
Runtime: 2 hrs 44 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Count Dracula (Gary Oldman) reunites with his soul mate, Mina (Winona Ryder), after four centuries. Mina's friend Lucy (Sadie Frost) succumbs to the deadly bite of Dracula while Renfield (Tom... [More]
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Reviews for Bram Stoker's Dracula
Top CriticHas a film ever promised so much yet delivered so little?
09/26/07
Top CriticThis lack of a convincing central dynamic leads to the occasional sense that the film is little more than a spectacular edifice, but you'll be too spellbound to resist seduction.
01/26/06
Top CriticThe result is a film well worth seeing, even if its key players aren’t really entirely up to the task before them.
01/01/00
Too slow and stodgy when it should be creepy.
04/30/03
There's no argument that this new take on the very old story is deliciously fresh.
01/01/00
No review available.
12/06/02
A somewhat dispersed and overcrowded story line that remains fascinating and often affecting thanks to all its visual and conceptual energy.
09/26/07
The movie is an exercise in feverish excess, and for that if for little else, I enjoyed it.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo review available.
06/29/04
Fighting against pop culture expectations and a century of vampire cliché, Coppola's approach is unique. Like it or not, no one had ever seen a "Dracula" quite like this.
05/02/08
...a reminder of how it is possible for stories to live flawless screen existences even without much tampering of the texts.
02/13/01
No review available.
01/27/03
With his over-the-top flourish and the campy attitude that literally runs amok, Coppola has come up with yet another high-priced film that is all style and no substance.
01/01/00
...an old-fashioned monster movie on a grand scale, a Gothic horror spectacular... filled with demonic rites, Christian symbolism, and erotic imagery.
04/06/01
Suffers from several severe cases of miscasting, but there's still some good gothic gravy to be found.
04/03/05
Coppola never stops putting on his own showboat performance. His Dracula isn't like anything else around.
07/30/07
Stressing the erotic aspets of Stoker's book with graphic depictions of sexual fantasies and nightmares, the story line and characters sometimes get lost, but the sumptuously mounted film is always a visual treat for the eye.
05/05/06
Keanu Reeves does get to say, "I have offended you with my ignorance, and I am sorry."
12/09/01
Altogether it's a fun movie, full of gore and special effects that were groundbreaking at the time.
09/26/02
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