Do you want to see ‘The Island of Dr. Moreau’?

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

Average Rating: 4.3/10
Reviews Counted: 31
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 24

No consensus yet.

Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 5

No consensus yet.

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 2.4/5
User Ratings: 41,963

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

On a remote tropical island, Dr. Moreau has appointed himself ruler over a menagerie of genetic mutants fashioned in his gene-splicing chamber of horrors. The products of his misguided attempt to create a more "pure" human species, the man-beasts worship Moreau as their god and "father" and live by his code of law -- a code rigidly enforced by radio-operated implants in their bodies capable of inflicting pain and death. Into this surreal nightmare arrives UN negotiator Edward Douglas (David

PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.

Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: John Frankenheimer , Richard Stanley

Written By: Richard Stanley, Ron Hutchinson

In Theaters: Aug 23, 1996 Wide

On DVD: Aug 28, 1997

New Line Home Entertainment

The Island of Dr. Moreau Trailer & Photos

Cast

Marlon Brando
Dr. Moreau
Val Kilmer
Montgomery
David Thewlis
Douglas
Fairuza Balk
Aissa
Ron Perlman
Sayer Of The Law
Marco Hofschneider
M'Ling
William Hootkins
Kiril
Temuera Morrison
Azazello
Daniel Rigney
Hyena-Swine
Nelson de la Rosa
Majai

Critic Reviews for The Island of Dr. Moreau

All Critics (46) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (25) | DVD (6)

The movie keeps switching focus without ever getting its bearings, and when Brando exits earlier than expected, there's little but mayhem to fall back on.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Mike Clark

USA Today

Top Critic

Muddled effort.

April 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

| Comment

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

An often fascinating mess, but a mess all the same.

July 19, 2004 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

There's the obese Brando pretending to be God while dressed in gauzy white robes like a demented pope

June 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

| Comment (1)

Judith Egerton

Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Amazingly, Kilmer delivers an odder performance than Brando. Creepy retelling.

October 24, 2003 Comment

Gerry Shamray

Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

In its final third, the movie goes to hell in more ways than Frankenheimer intended.

July 1, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

The most exciting characters are killed off too early, and what we're left with is a Satan's "Seasme Street."

May 8, 2003 Full Review | Comment

Brandon Judell

Critics Inc./America Online

I'm sure it looked good on paper. That and Kilmer's frighteningly apt mimicry of Brando's voice are about the only positive things I can say.

March 5, 2003 Comment

Widgett Walls

Needcoffee.com

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for The Island of Dr. Moreau

View All

Brando and Kilmer are both totally off their rockers in this. Kudos to Frankenheimer for just finishing this flawed, but slightly interesting film. Stan Winston's make up is also incredible.

May 9, 2007