Tim Burtonscored his most critically acclaimed movie by taking a look at the career of one of the movie industry’s most notorious filmmakers.Burton’s career is filled with eccentric charactersand creepy worlds, all within a vision that is distinctly Burton’s own. While some of his movies aren’t quite as timeless as others, his filmography remains impressive.
From theMichael Keaton Batman moviestoA Nightmare Before Christmasto his many collaborations with Johnny Depp, Burton has made some truly beloved classics. However, when it comes toBurton’s best movie, the critics shared the most praise for one of Burton’s more grounded movies, and one that explores the world of movie-making.
Tim Burton’s Ed Wood Is About The “Worst Director Of All Time”
One of the few Tim Burton movies based on a real person,Ed Woodtells the story of the titular director, a man who was dubbed by many as being “the worst director of all time.“Wood was responsible for low-budget movies, includingPlan 9 from Outer Space,which has been called the worst movie ever made.
The Burton film is anothercollaboration between Burton and Johnny Depp, with Depp playing Wood, alongside a star-studded supporting cast that includes Bill Murray, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Martin Landau in an Oscar-winning performance as horror icon Bela Lugosi, who appeared in several of Wood’s movies in the final years of his career.
Despite Wood’s reputation, Burton’s movie is not an excuse to laugh at this man who made such terrible movies, but rathera celebration of a man who was so in love with movie-making that he would not let anything, even a lack of talent, prevent him from making his own.
Ed Wood Has The Highest Rotten Tomatoes Rating Of Any Tim Burton Movie
Among Tim Burton’s many beloved movies,Ed Woodemerges as his highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes as a director, with 92%. It surpasses some of Burton’s other classics, likeEdward Scissorhands(90%),Frankenweenie(87%), andSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(86%).The Nightmare Before Christmasdoes edge it out at 95%, though Burton is only a producer.
The movie was not a financial success, earning only less than $14 million at the box office on a budget of $18 million. However, it was met with strong praise, landing on many critics' top 10 lists of the year, and won two Oscars. In the years since its release, the movie has found a cult following.
Part of the reason the movie works so well is because of its compassion for its protagonist.Burton finds a lot of humor in Wood’s eccentric approach to making movies, but it is clear that he also sees a kinship in the man who was so passionate about these creations, even if the world didn’t see them the same way.
