Ed Wood Reviews and Ratings


  • pickledroses
    October 6, 2008
    pickledroses
    A triumph of the screen.
  • SirMillad
    October 6, 2008
    SirMillad
    Sad story for wanna be's!

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  • NIGHTRIDER111
    October 4, 2008
    NIGHTRIDER111
    GOOD MOVIE WORTH WATCHING.
  • fernandorafael
    October 2, 2008
    fernandorafael
    So ironic! An excellent movie about the "worst director ever", and definitely, the best film by the awesome Tim Burton. ED WOOD transports you back to the 50's, making use of its stylish look and comic feel. A great script and excellent directorial work by Burton make this film a...( read more) must-see. As usual, the director managed to assemble an impressive cast: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette and Bill Murray. The classic feel of this movie is so powerful. LOVED IT!
  • jimbotender
    September 30, 2008
    jimbotender
    Boom!And there he is,the worst director of all times(?),in the flesh by a master Grimm descendant.Of course he's the worst of his era,we do have a lot more ridiculous directors nowadays,yet it's amazing to see Depp portraying a caricature persona in the making!Hey,there's Orson W...( read more)elles to top it off,in the acting flesh of D'Onofrio that is.
  • Ivan6655321
    September 26, 2008
    Ivan6655321
    The best of the Burton-Depp collaborations. This film vividly tells the story of "The worst director of all time", Edward D. Wood Jr. and his relationship with legendary B-movie actor, Bela Lugosi. Martin Landau is brilliant, and D' Onofrio really looks like Orson Welles!!
  • professorchris18
    September 24, 2008
    professorchris18
    Good movie, pretty special, but it's a Tim Burton production so what do you expect?
  • alannaaa
    September 21, 2008
    alannaaa
    i loooove ed wood. but not tim burton.
  • TioBradski
    September 20, 2008
    TioBradski
    If you're going to make a film about Ed Wood, you should make it in the spirit of an Ed Wood film.
  • vedorejhan
    September 20, 2008
    vedorejhan
    my best black and white movie. i like it so much
  • neuroticelmo1
    September 16, 2008
    neuroticelmo1
    There is no doubt that this is one of the most underrated films of all time. It made almost no money at the box-office, which is a shame considering that it is a true work of art about the life of Ed Wood (voted the worst director of all time, but trust me, they get much worse). ...( read more)"Ed Wood" sets Tim Burton as one of the greatest directors of our time, considering his low budget and lack of a story. And how he brought back Bela Lugosi from the dead, well, that is amazing.
  • igolem1127
    September 8, 2008
    igolem1127
    Tim Burton's Citizen Kane
  • muelrox1
    September 5, 2008
    muelrox1
    Such a funny movie, what a funny guy he was.
  • melvinlikechris
    September 1, 2008
    melvinlikechris
    fantastic homage to the director Edward D. Wood. Martin Landau gives a great performance as the eccentric and tragic figure Bela Lugosi.
  • ckyraven666
    August 29, 2008
    ckyraven666
    Another smashing performance by my hubby Johnny.
  • TecmoSmokaBowl
    August 25, 2008
    TecmoSmokaBowl
    WOW! I can't believe I waited this long to watch this film! Martin Landau OWNS the screen as Bela Lugosi. Great film!
  • JadedSphnix
    August 24, 2008
    JadedSphnix
    Funny, amusing film. Overall the film was what could be expected from a Burton/Depp film and I thought that Johnny Depp was fantastic as always.
  • MovieManiac415
    August 24, 2008
    MovieManiac415
    SOO FUNNYYY!!! I couldn't believe how different Johnny's character was in this! It was his funniest part BY FAR!! I never get tired of seeing Johnny is women's clothing!! XD
  • frogalezito
    August 18, 2008
    frogalezito
    Excelente cinta biográfica de Ed Wood, un gran guión y una estupenda actuación de Depp.
  • DeadBruce
    August 17, 2008
    DeadBruce
    Another one that i didnt like, but i dont hate it...
    its just not one of my favs...lol

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  • FilmFanatik
    August 17, 2008
    FilmFanatik
    Tim Burton's finest.
  • hopefire11
    August 14, 2008
    hopefire11
    I'm a fan of Tim Burton movies and this is great but black and white films arn't really my thing.
  • etienneyamamoto
    August 11, 2008
    etienneyamamoto
    depp rises...and shines
  • xmkatx
    August 9, 2008
    xmkatx
    Great movie, Martin Landau's awards and accolades are well deserved. I laughed SO HARD at the octopus scene.

    Johnny Depp and the rest of the cast were also terrific. They went through so much. This movie is a nice tribute. Tim Burton's most sophisticated film.
  • Kingbilli
    August 2, 2008
    Kingbilli
    An intriguing and very entertaining bio on an equally unexpected individual.
  • adhitr
    July 31, 2008
    adhitr
    True story about worst director ever lived.
  • ReincarnatedRockstarVamp
    July 30, 2008
    ReincarnatedRockstarVamp
    I'ts quirky. Its a typical Johnny Depp/Tim Burton movie according to me. I liked it! It was abit boring at times but overall a good movie.
  • madisondiane
    July 29, 2008
    madisondiane
    The story opens on these mysterious explosions. nobody knows what's causing them but they're upsetting all the buffalo.

    Ed Wood, played by Johnny Depp, has a dream of becoming a big time director, producer, and writer. The movies starts with a scene from one of his plays and the...( read more)n the cast gathered around to read the horrible review. Although Ed is not exactly where he would like to be career wise, he has a wonderful relationship with his girlfriend Dolores, played by Sarah Jessica Parker. But he has a secret from her. He likes to dress in women's clothes.

    Ed gets his chance to write and direct a movie. He choses the title "Glen or Glenda" for the movie is about a man who has a secret of dressing in women's clothing. Ed tells Dolores his secret by having her read the script. After the shock passes over her, she decides to help Ed and be in his movie.

    Also in "Glen or Glenda" is one of Ed's favorite actors Bela Lugosi, played by Martin Landau. Ed meets Bela at a coffin store and gives Bela a ride home after. They end up becoming very close friends.

    "Glen or Glenda" is a huge flop. But this doesn't discourage Ed. He presses on and gets to make another movie. This next movie also casts his friends and Dolores. Dolores is to play the female lead named Janet. The movie is short on cash and fund raisers are no help. That's when Ed meets a girl who is willing to help with the budget. And that's when Dolores loses the lead about gains the role of file clerk.

    After the movie is complete, Dolores leaves Ed. And to make things worse, Bela is taken to a hospital for his drug addiction. While in the hospital waiting room, Ed meets his love Kathy, played by Patricia Arquette.

    Shortly after that, Bela passes away. Ed had just started filming his next movie, again with Bela, and has the last footage Bela ever shot. Ed decides to make a movie surrounding that footage. The movie is made and Ed and Kathy get married. And in the end, Edward D. Wood, Jr. is named the worst director of all time.

    This movie had everything. Great writing, directing, and acting. It's amazing to see Johnny Depp as this extremely optimistic horrible director. He gets the facial expressions and movements down to a pin on Ed Wood. Just watching him work is very entertaining.

    As for Landau, he very much deserved his Best Supporting Actor award. And Bill Murray is absolutely hysterical ("What about glitter? When I was a headliner in Paris, audiences always liked it when I sparkled").

    All in all, a fantastic film. One of the best from the 90's.
  • jetty2728
    July 27, 2008
    jetty2728
    A really funny movie....Edward D Wood is a stupid fella, yet his love and innocent passion towards filmmaking are somehow heartbreaking!
  • xamyrulzx
    July 24, 2008
    xamyrulzx
    Pretty good movie. Johnnny does a great job being Edward D. Wood Jr. I liked how they made the really cheesey special effects because it was how they were back then. Burton did a grat job on this film (Depp too!)
  • maruschk
    July 22, 2008
    maruschk
    Weird as hell, but I liked it.
  • rose888
    July 20, 2008
    rose888
    what was it !? i just watched it cause of johnny & burton
  • LyCla
    July 17, 2008
    LyCla
    Didn't love it. I mean, sure it was entertaining and interesting but it just didn't catch my attention as much as other Burton films have.
    Johnny Depp is great, of course, as was Martin Landau who portrayed Bella Lugosi.
    Good for a watch.
  • jschartrand
    July 15, 2008
    jschartrand
    It's still Burton and Depp, but it's good. I don,t know much about ed wood, but this is surely the best hommage he could ever hoped for, gaving him all respect he can hoped for. Touching, funny, beautifully done, it's another awesome movie showing and sharing the love of filmaking.
  • StaisilD
    July 8, 2008
    StaisilD
    Ed Wood is classic Tim Burton all the way. Edward D. Wood Jr. (Depp) has gone down as one of the worst directors in the history of film. His woeful dialogue, corny special effects and awful continuity have given him somewhat of a cult following. Ed Wood tells the story of his lif...( read more)e, how he came to make films, and also of the friendship he formed with Bela Lugosi (Landau), the former horror film star. As Wood, Depp is simply excellent. He successfully manages to pay tribute to Wood as a man, while gently mocking his film-making ability at the same time. The blind belief in his abilities that wood possesses could quickly become annoying, but Depp is so good that you can't help but like him for enjoying himself. In many ways Lugosi is actually the more interesting character, and Landau's performance is brilliant. The black and white was an incredibly nice touch, it certainly added 'something' to the film, I don't know exactly what that is, maybe it just made it more believable that the time we're looking at are the 50's.
  • teknofobe3883
    July 6, 2008
    teknofobe3883
    Very funny movie with Johnny Depp.
  • sucaslo
    July 6, 2008
    sucaslo
    It's funny and Johnny is great.
  • joejay1966
    July 2, 2008
    joejay1966
    Johnny Depp was great as ed wood along with the rest of the cast
  • bransty
    July 2, 2008
    bransty
    Brilliant movie. Very different from anything I have seen before. Johnny Depp is quality as usual. Most of the cast are good actually. The film has that Tim Burton feel to it. I thought Bill Murrays parts, although small were great to watch. He is so funny.
  • brooklynann1996
    July 2, 2008
    brooklynann1996
    Weierd but i like it!
  • Sparrowslovleywench
    July 1, 2008
    Sparrowslovleywench
    I just couldnt stop laughing at johnny!!! soooo dam good!!
  • IfeellikeGregorSamsa
    June 27, 2008
    IfeellikeGregorSamsa
    Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" is a magnificent semi-biopic picture. A wonderful tribute to the power of passion and determination with a high dose of humour and wonderfully overacted performance from Johnny Depp that gives a perfect tone to the film.

    Edward D. Wood Jr. started making...( read more) pictures in mid-50's, quickly establishing himself as a director of the worst movie ever made, exceptionally awful indeed "Glen or Glenda". He ended up badly, frustrated and an alcoholic, dying forgotten only soon to be rediscovered and gain a cult status as The Worst Director of All-Time. Or maybe we should say The First, if you look closely at what's happening nowdays.

    The story comprises a "creative peak" of Wood's career, in which time he gave the world aforementioned "Glen or Glenda", "Bride of the Monster" and - Oh boy - "Plan 9 from Outer Space", focusing mainly on his relationship with Bela Lugosi - at the time under heavy addiction to morphine - played masterfully by Martin Landau.

    Edward D. Wood Jr. turns out to be a complete idiot here. A deluded moron, really. Naive infant with absolutely no sense of composition or intuition. However, Burton and Depp respects their hero and their approach have nothing of a intention to humiliate him for only he was laughed-off through most of his life. Depp gives Edward such a charm in his vision of being The Next Orson Welles, you almost wants him to succeed, even though you can't stop laughing at his incompetence at the same time.

    With all the enormous amount of talent involved, the true star of the picture would be a famous nowdays double team of screenwriters, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who lately wrote a terrific horror "1408" inspired by Stephen King's mediocre short-story. Their script of "Ed Wood" is simply a state of the Art. On the other hand, Tim Burton is, ironically, at his creative peak here, playing with bad props and cheap studio locations, feeling like at home.

    Make sure you know anything about filmmaking before you pull any string there: i.e. one cut won't cut it. Right?

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Ed Wood Summary