Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Movie Review 1994

Branagh turns from Shakespeare to another form of literary classic with his operatic (and loose) adaptation of the Shelley novel. He also plays Victor, the overwrought medical student who decides that death can be vanquished and sets out to prove his theories by making a man. De Niro is sufficently grisly (though lacking in pathos) as the reanimated corpse with Bonham Carter alternately suffering and excitable as Victor's fiancee Elizabeth. Visually arresting--particularly the Creature's birth scene--pic doesn't engender audience sympathy for the characters' trials and final fates.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 123 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Classic Horror, Frankenstein, Books to Film: Mary Shelley, Making Friends, Mad Scientists, Special FX Extravaganzas, Special FX Extravaganzas: Make-Up, Hearts!

Screenplay

Frank Darabont, Steph Lady

Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Robert De Niro, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Hulce, Aidan Quinn, John Cleese, Ian Holm, Richard Briers, Robert Hardy, Cherie Lunghi, Celia Imrie, Trevyn McDowell

Cinematography

Roger Pratt

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Music

Patrick Doyle

Producer

Francis Ford Coppola, James V. Hart, John Patrick Veitch, Fred Fuchs, American Zoetrope, Tri-Star Pictures