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Victor Frankenste(left) Sparky are some characters 'Frankenweenie' new stop-motianimated comedy from creative genius director Tim Burton. | Disney

Victor Frankenstein (left) and Sparky are some of the characters in "Frankenweenie," a new stop-motion, animated comedy from the creative genius of director Tim Burton. | Disney photo

'Frankenweenie' character Edgar 'E' Gore is voiced by Atticus Shaffer. | Disney photo

"Frankenweenie" character Edgar "E" Gore is voiced by Atticus Shaffer. | Disney photo

The character Victor Frankensteis voiced by Charlie Tahan 'Frankenweenie.' | Disney photo

The character of Victor Frankenstein is voiced by Charlie Tahan in "Frankenweenie." | Disney photo

Review: Burton revisits roots in ‘Frankenweenie’

★★★ Tim Burton reminds us of why we love Tim Burton with “Frankenweenie,” a feature-length version of the 1984 short that revealed early glimmers of the veteran director’s darkly humorous style. Beautifully detailed and painstakingly rendered in 3-D, black-and-white, stop-motion animation, “Frankenweenie” (which was executive …

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