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03/26/09
The Fly (1986)
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Reviews Counted: 45
Fresh: 41
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 8/10
Consensus: David Cronenberg combines his trademark affinity for gore and horror with strongly developed characters, making The Fly a surprisingly affecting tragedy.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: David Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 classic transcends its genre to become a moving portrait of a man and his lover attempting to come to terms with his physical disintegration. "The Fly" stars... [More]
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Les Carlson
Director: David Cronenberg
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Reviews for The Fly
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06/10/08
Top CriticCronenberg's most conventional film prior to A History Of Violence, The Fly is also among the finest of his American movies.
09/24/07
Cronenberg's most triumphant and accessible film to date.
09/24/07
Image so much subverts intention that Jeff Goldblum's tragic flyperson finally seems more ludicrous than affecting, voyeuristically bizarre.
06/05/07
Top CriticIt left me itching for something less warped to identify with than a human fly.
02/13/07
The playful, quirky chemistry between Goldblum and Davis in the first half of the movie ensures that this gothic horror is heartbreaking as well as stomach-churning.
01/26/06
Top CriticKafka would have loved it.
11/04/05
David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the sci-fi schlockfest The Fly is celebrated as perhaps the most perfectly balanced of the director's pre-prestige films.
10/20/05
Charles Edward Pogue and Cronenberg's intelligent script and Goldblum's heartfelt performance make this outlandish story perfectly feasible.
10/14/05
excels at telling a seemingly simple story with great intensity and human dimensions masked in genre elements
10/11/05
Few films caused so much buzz in the horror world than The Fly.
10/04/05
No review available.
06/26/05
No review available.
06/25/05
Cronenberg mucks up the original in a good way
06/10/05
No review available.
05/08/05
A true horror classic. Goldblum's best screen performance.
01/08/05
No review available.
12/31/04
No review available.
07/23/04
No review available.
04/27/04
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May 17, 2005:
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