Review of Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart

I kept thinking, I hope people have not taken children to this movie which is so bizarre and somewhat dark and could easily be disarming and cause nightmares in children. It seems similar to Tim Burton films, offbeat, weird and dark. On one hand it, you can say it was quite creative, but in a twisted strange way. It was as if someone had written the script while drinking absinthe and watching it made you feel like you were joining them. The musical score seemed like one that would accompany a stage production, quite elaborate. A portion of the dialogue when the bully character was confronting the main character, the boy, was written in poetry form and reminded me of Poe. After watching it awhile, I began to feel like it was too long, tedious and was hoping it would hurry and end soon. The end was clever, fitting and a bit touching. High marks for creativity, but too dark for children and just one of the strangest films I've ever seen.