Capsule Review: Very stylistic, exciting and entertaining, Tim Burton weaves an entirely new spin on the Washington Irving classic. Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci seem slightly stiff in this period piece, but the inventiveness of the film soon sweeps those worries aside. My biggest gripe: the Headless Horseman himself is trivialized, and never materializes as the fearsome villain the film needs him to be.

[R - graphic horror violence and gore, and for a scene of sexuality] (Paramount)

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