Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
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44% of critics liked it
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53% of users liked it
(52,712 ratings)
Director Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. With the use of flashback, a dying Dr. Viktor… More Director Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of Mary Shelley's classic horror novel stars Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. With the use of flashback, a dying Dr. Viktor Frankenstein (Kenneth Branagh) divulges a tale of gruesome terror to a sea captain (Aidan Quinn): As a medical student, the rebellious Frankenstein elaborates on the work of a brilliant scientist (John Cleese), successfully bringing to life a "man" assembled from the body parts of corpses. Upon realizing the destructive consequences of his experiment, Dr. Frankenstein abandons the creature and attempts to return to a normal life with his medical partner, Henry (Tom Hulce), and his fiancée (and adopted sister), Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). In the meantime, the nameless creature struggles with loneliness and rejection from society until he sets out to track down his creator in search of one of two things: a bride to keep him company or revenge. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) was produced by Francis Ford Coppola, who previously directed and produced monster-drama Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). ~ Lisa Kropiewnicki, Rovi
- Directed By
- Kenneth Branagh
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Nov 4, 1994 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Branagh doesn't evoke terror, only repulsion.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
As this movie switches, unevenly, from swashbuckling adventure to classic horror to frilly-shirted romance to campiness to graphic gorefest, there's no telling what you're watching.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Something more substantial than Hollywood's typical, fitfully entertaining fluff.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
It is, in a word, dullsville.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Creature is on target, but the rest of the film is so frantic, so manic, it doesn't pause to be sure its effects are registered.
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Cast
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Robert De Niro
as Creature, Sharp Featured Man
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Kenneth Branagh
as Dr. Frankenstein
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Tom Hulce
as Henry Clavell
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Helena Bonham Carter
as Elizabeth
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Aidan Quinn
as Walton
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Ian Holm
as Victor's Father
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Richard Briers
as Grandfather
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John Cleese
as Professor Waldman
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Robert Hardy
as Professor Krempe
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Cherie Lunghi
as Victor's Mother
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Celia Imrie
as Mrs. Moritz
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Trevyn McDowell
as Justine
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Alfred Bell
as Landlord
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Richard Clifford
as Minister
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Susan Field
as Frau Brach
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Robert Hines
as Ship's Crew #11
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Gerard Horan
as Claude
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Lonnie James
as Rough Woman
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Edward Jewesbury
as City Official
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Peter Jonfield
as Rough Man
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Alex Lowe
as Shop's Crew #8
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Siobhan Redmond
as Midwife
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Joanna Roth
as Marie
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Jimmy Yuill
as Grigori
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Jenny Galloway
as Vendor's Wife
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Mark Inman
as Mansion Staff #3
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David Kennedy
as Ship's Crew #4
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Shaun Prendergast
as Ship's Crew #2
- Priscilla John
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Mark Hadfield
as Felix
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Chris Barnes
as Ship's Crew #1
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Tommy Wright
as Ship's Crew #3
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Hugh Bonneville
as Schiller
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Paul Gregory
as Ship's Crew #5

