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SPARKY, A PIT BULLTERRIER WITH A sweet disposition, gets run over by a car, and Victor Frankenstein (Barret Oliver), his 10-year-old master, determines to revive him using a microwave and a toaster. FRANKENWEENIE sounds like pure Tim Burton, and it is. The 27-min. Disney comedy, made in 1984 and now released as a home video, marked the debut of the director of the Batman blockbusters. This ripe tale has intimations of Burton's Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands: the undead and a wild child sundered in suburbia. But Burton's Batmanic surrealism is plenty evident here...
...have for the umpteenth time two earnest parents (Kate Burton and Michael Brandon) who seem inordinately befuddled at the job of raising a family, and two teenagers who have little on their minds except sex. The show's attitudes are hip, but the plot twists are strictly Donna Reed: in one episode, Mom advises 14-year-old Jesse that he ought to be more frank in trying to woo his girlfriend. When he goes too far, the girl's father shows up on their doorstep and punches (who else?) Jesse's dad in the mouth. A laugh track tinkles wanly...
BUREAUS: Suzanne Davis (Director of Administration) Chief Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editor: Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Barry Hillenbrand, J. Madeleine Nash, Bruce van Voorst...
Director Tim Burton, whose two stars were among the premiere character actors in the last decade, ended up drawing a real psychological drama from what could have been a cliche. By tracing the evolution of a superhero and his superfoe, Burton gave the viewer real insight into the complexities of the comic book legends...
...Burton, returning to direct the sequel, guaranteed his producers a profit by landing superstars Michelle Pfieffer and Danny DeVito to share the Billing with Keaton. But the screenplay fails to give adequate space to these three big talents...