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Sleepy Hollow Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    65

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 60

    out of 100

    The New York Times

    Turns the tale of the Headless Horseman into the pre-tabloid story of a rampaging serial killer.

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  • 67

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Little more than a lavish, art-directed slasher movie.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    More creepy and flesh-crawling than overwhelmingly gory, it nevertheless takes pride in characters who get splattered with blood as often as take-out fries get doused with catsup.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Todd McCarthy

    An entertainingly eccentric horror tale that envelopes the audience in a dreamy and bloody nightmare.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    USA Today Mike Clark

    This is a very bloody fantasy (reds do eke their way into the black-and-blues), but it's hard to think of another film with as many severed heads whose overall tone is so sweet.

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  • 88

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    This is the best-looking horror film since Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

Iffy for 16+

There are lots of slasher movies better than this.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this is a very, very gory movie, with many headless corpses, lots of spurting blood, heads being sliced off and bouncing to the ground, various other murders, a couple of "boo!"-type scares, and of course characters perpetually in peril. The heads all show up eventually, too. There is a brief but non-explicit scene of a couple having sex, several very gross moments, and a scene of torture in an Iron Maiden.

  • Families can talk about whether gore is ever necessary in a film. Is gory the same thing as scary?

The good stuff
  • message true0

    Messages: Not an issue

What to watch for
  • violence false4

    Violence: Extremely gory and creepy and scary.

  • sex false2

    Sex: Brief and inexplicit scene of people having sex.

  • language false0

    Language: Not an issue

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false2

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Some drinking.

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5

A+++++++++... How many pluses can I add??? by moviefanchris88
Sorry, but Sleepy Hollow is just that great. The Headless Horseman makes for an awesome fairy tale character, Johnny Depp is awesome as Ichibod Crane, and Tim Burton makes the movie look dark, scary, and fantastic!

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