Frankenweenie

2012
PG
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

121K

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Catherine O'Hara, Charlie Tahan, and Atticus Shaffer in Frankenweenie (2012)

Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences.

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When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

121K

YOUR RATING

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 11 wins & 50 nominations total

Bob
(voice)

James Hiroyuki Liao

Toshiaki
(voice)

Conchata Ferrell

Bob's Mom
(voice)

Tom Kenny

New Holland Towns Folk
(voice)

Dee Bradley Baker

Persephone van Helsing
(voice)
(uncredited)
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Jeff Bennett

Giant Sea Monkeys
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jon Donahue

Additional Voices
(voice)
(uncredited)

Christopher Lee

Movie Dracula
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Gary Martin

Giant Sea Monkeys
(uncredited)

Melissa Stribling

Movie Mina
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Frank Welker

Sparky Frankenstein
(voice)
(uncredited)

Director
- Tim Burton
Writers
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Trivia
The pet cemetery features the grave of Zero from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).

Goofs
During the classroom scene when Mr. Rzykruski is explaining the mechanics of lightning, his diagram shows positively charged clouds above the ground, which is shown as being negatively charged by electrons. The diagram should contain negatively charged clouds (containing a surplus of negatively charged electrons) over the ground which should not have any charge.

Quotes
Mr. Rzykruski: Ladies and gentlemen. I think the confusion here is that you are all very ignorant. Is that right word, ignorant? I mean stupid, primitive,unenlightened. You do not understand science, so you are afraid of it. Like a dog is afraid of thunder or balloons. To you, science is magic and witchcraft because you have such small minds. I cannot make your heads bigger, but your children's heads, I can take them and crack them open. This is what I try to do, to get at their brains!

Crazy credits
When the Disney logo has almost completed, a flash of lightning turns the logo black-and-white, the sky turns cloudy and the music turns scary.

Connections
Featured in 56th BFI London Film Festival (2012)

Soundtracks
Six Powerful Cues (a)
Written by Wilfred Burns (as Wilfred William Burns)
Courtesy of APM Music

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Featured review

8/10

Adorable Tale of Loyalty and Friendship

In New Holland, the boy Victor Frankenstien is a bright but outcast student without any friend but his dog Sparky. When the newcomer science teacher Mr. Rzykruski challenges the students to participate in the science fair, Victor's father forces him to play baseball otherwise he would not sign the necessary authorization for his son.

During the game, Sparky chases the ball and is hit by a car. Victor recalls Mr. Rzykruski's class about the effects of electricity and successfully resuscitates Sparky using lightning. Victor hides Sparky in the attic but the weird Edgar sees the dog on the garden and blackmails Victor to learn how to bring the dead to life. Edgar does not keep the secret and soon Victor's envious schoolmates revive several creatures to win the science fair contest. When the town is invaded by the monsters, Victor and Sparky are the last chance to rescue the girl Elsa van Helsing from the claws of Mr. Whiskers.

"Frankenweenie" is another stop-motion animation by Tim Burton in black and white with a great tribute to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with a happy ending. The story is actually an adorable tale of loyalty and friendship and it is delightful to see the frolic of Sparky. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Frankenweenie"