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Gods and Monsters

1998

Bill Condon

Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lynn Redgrave, Lolita Davidovich ...

7.1

8,902

Drama Based on Christopher Bram's novel FATHER OF FRANKENSTEIN, Bill Condon's semi-fictional 1998 sleeper stars Sir Ian McKellen in a fantastic performance as director James Whale (FRANKENSTEIN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SHOW BOAT). It is 1957, and Whale is living in semiseclusion in Southern California with his scrutinizing maid, Hannah (Lynn Redgrave). His health is failing, and he is able to do little but lounge around and contemplate his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Guardian	"Condon's script veers uneasily between lapidary elegance and expository clumsiness, but the look and the acting makes the film a pleasure to watch"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"McKellen gives the performance of his film career (...) He etches a mesmerizing portrait of Whale"	POS
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Engrossing, unusual, imaginatively executed (...) Nonetheless, central character dynamic doesn’t entirely work."	NEU
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A deeply resonant portrait of Mr. Whale and the gay Hollywood of his era"	POS
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"Condon's film also shows great sensitivity to the characters and events depicted here; it never tramples on the privacy and dignity of the subject in question"	POS

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