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- The Dictator
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- Sacha Baron Cohen tries to recapture the glory of his prior foreigner-in-America culture comedy, but a lack of heart and diminishing returns on the successful gimmick turns this into a movie of decent jokes a decade too late.
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- Dark Shadows
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- Devotion to the Source Doesn’t Make Up For Flat Dialogue, Uneven Tone
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THE Screened Review by Mitch Salem
Devotion to the Source Doesn’t Make Up For Flat Dialogue, Uneven Tone |
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Tim Burton Director | previously directed Alice in Wonderland |  |
After being cursed with vampirism and entrapped in a coffin for two centuries, Barnabas Collins wakes up in the 70s and returns to his old family manor. While trying to fight the sadistic witch Angelique, Barnabas makes it his mission to bring the family back to its former glory.
The original Barnabas actor, Jonathan Frid, who cameos in the film, passed away a month before its release.
Barnabas CollinsFight on Barnabas, fight on for us!
2 More QuotesAnd fight I shall!
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Seth Grahame-Smith | screenplay |
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John August | story (darker unused screenplay) |
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Dan Curtis | creator |
Critical Response
Dark Shadows provoked a mixed response from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, 42% of the reviews were positive, meaning the film was labeled "Rotten." On Metacritc, the movie received a score of 55, which falls into the categories "Yellow" and "Mixed Reviews." A considerable portion of the critics liked it though--14 of the 41 critics gave it positive reviews, which is on the high end for Metacritic breakdowns. 26 gave the film mixed reviews and only 1 gave it an outright negative one.
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Box Office
Domestic $41,938,000 Foreign +$36,700,000 - = total worldwide gross $78,638,000
- - a reported budget of $150,000,000
- = a -47.6% net profit of $-71,362,000
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In today's dollars
Domestic $41,938,000 Foreign +36,700,000 - = total worldwide gross $78,638,000
- - a reported budget of $150,000,000
- = a -47.6% net profit of $-71,362,000
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Redemption
278 points
- VioletEyedDragon 173 points
- Revolver8990 102 points
- CrimsonAvenger 12 points
- ashogo 7 points
