Ed Wood 1994

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Depp isn't best known as a comic actor, but he gives a witty and captivating performance, bringing wonderful buoyancy to this crazy role. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Given the finished film, one also has to wonder if Ed Wood was interesting enough to base a two- hour movie on. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie's black and white photography convincingly recaptures the look and feel of 1950s sleaze, including some of the least convincing special effects in movie history. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: An entertaining, oddly affectionate look at the cross-dressing grade-Z moviemaker. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: It certainly succeeds as a funny, touching tribute to tenacity, energy, ambition and friendship. Read more

Todd McCarthy, Variety: Beguiling rather than thrilling, oddly charming instead of transporting, meaning that Disney will have its work cut out for it with what is at heart a cult movie and a film buff's dream. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: 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 amazingly close to grace. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Burton has evoked the surface of Ed Wood's life, but in a story about a man who loves angora and frilly panties, he has barely unbuttoned Wood's uniform. Read more