Frankenweenie (2012)

Tim Burton's Frankenweenie (US, 2012) - Tim Burton’s directing career comes full circle with Frankenweenie, an animated remake of his 1984 live-action short that followed the exploits of a brokenhearted boy who decides to bring his beloved dog back from the dead. And as befitting a film that pays homage to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tale, this stop-motion effort feels constructed out of bits and pieces, stitching Burton’s pet obsessions together with different tones and genres to create a work that’s diverting fun in fits and starts but can’t quite achieve a coherent whole. 2012LON. RATING: 7.