Falls flat in every way except the beautiful scenery a typical Elfman musical score.

With Tim Burton being my favourite director I was excited for this but unfortunately every character feels as though it was poorly cast.

Guzman who I usually love does not have that suave Gomez charm. Zeta-Jones attempts to just copy Huston's performance but does not have the quirkiness.

The script and the story is just the same boring narrative used in most teen dramas now.

Even the title character is ruined by the need for her to be included and have friends.

Tim Burton doesn't miss often but when he first it falls seriously flat.

Edit: looking through the reviews it appears it has a higher score based on low intelligence of viewers. People complaining it is bad yet giving it 6 or 8 out of ten.