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Victor Frankenstein

2015

Paul McGuigan

Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy, Jessica Brown Findlay, Mark Gatiss ...

4.7

4,604

Drama. Horror. Sci-Fi Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protégé Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But Victor’s experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe (...) struggle to breathe life into the proceedings, their characters trapped in a no-man’s-land between Grand Guignol and camp (...) The only real horror in this frenetic spectacle is how unaffecting it is"	NEG
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	“Victor Frankenstein” essentially repeats, with a few uninteresting new details, all the same stuff we’ve seen in the other 457 Frankenstein movies."	NEG
United States	Andrew Barker Variety	“'Victor Frankenstein' stitches together a patchwork of ideas — some new and novel, some pilfered and tired — but the final product never shows enough sparks of life to justify reanimating its nearly 200-year-old source"	NEU
United States	Colin Covert Minneapolis Star Tribune	"Despite director Paul McGuigan's eccentric attempt to add a fresh vision to the story combining melodrama and black comedy, he has, in effect, written a chapter of 'Mary Shelley for Dummies' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"Whether or not one should tamper in God’s domain remains a matter of opinion, but “Victor Frankenstein” provides evidence that mere mortals should not mess with what Ms. Shelley hath wrought."	NEG
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide Screendaily	"A version of the Frankenstein story which brings to the fore the body horror which lurks at the heart of the book (...) This Grand Guignol riot of rotting animal and Godless creations is great fun"	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"For much of the movie's running time, I wished I were watching Mel Brooks' classic take on Shelley's yarn, 'Young Frankenstein.' At least that one was intentionally funny"	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A hyperventilated resurrection that owes less to Shelley (or most Frankenstein flicks) than to Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes diversions"	POS
United States	Nick Schager IndieWire	"The sort of cacophonous sound, fury, and CGI hideousness that have defined similar cinematic efforts, like Stephen Sommers’ vampiric debacle 'Van Helsing'"	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny rogerebert.com	“Victor Frankenstein” is, despite bravura performances from committed young leads Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy , all kinds of obnoxious and pointless. (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG

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