Frankenweenie

Tim Burton's most enjoyable movie in a long time.

Burton's best film since 1994's Ed Wood or even 1990's Edward Scissorhands.

This is a Tim Burton film with something to say. And that's a rare and precious thing.

The stop-motion animation - a favorite tool of Burton's - is given loving attention, and the character design is full of terrific touches, such as the hulking flat-topped schoolmate who looks a bit like a certain man-made monster.

The best thing about an animated monster movie with this much heart is: It's alive. In the best possible way.

This 3-D, black-and-white "family" comedy is the year's most inventive, endearing animated feature.

As Tim Burton films go, "Frankenweenie" is as visually keyed-in as any.

A welcome return to form for the brilliant, inconsistent Tim Burton.

Very much the work of an older man revisiting the obsessions of his youth, struggling at times to reconnect with them.

Don't be surprised if everyone you know under the age of 13 declares this their new favorite Halloween film.

It ranks among Burton's most personal films, encompassing familiar themes of loneliness, isolation and an insatiable need for love and acceptance.

... a padded short story that didn't require embellishment... looks very weak directly compared to the sheer brilliance of the similarly themed ParaNorman.