Bram Stoker's Dracula
1992
***
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Hopkins
Count Dracula travels from Transylvania to London when he sees a picture of a woman who looks like the reincarnation of his dead wife. Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation is relatively faithful to Bram Stoker's source novel, and it turns Dracula from a monotonous bloodsucker to a fully-rounded, tragic character. The film is visually sumptuous, but it's shot almost entirely indoors and feels slightly stiff and stagy. Gary Oldman is excellent in the title role, and Keanu Reeves' awful performance as an English solicitor is comedy gold.
