Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 179
Fresh: 133 | Rotten: 46
It doesn't take its terrific premise quite as far as it should, but Splice is a smart, well-acted treat for horror fans.
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 31
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 9
It doesn't take its terrific premise quite as far as it should, but Splice is a smart, well-acted treat for horror fans.
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Celebrated genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) conduct a clandestine experiment to create an animal/human hybrid that could revolutionize modern medicine -- if it doesn't destroy humanity first. On the heels of engineering an entirely new species of animal, Clive and Elsa become the toast of the scientific community. Their experiment begins to spiral out of control, however, when the superstar scientists introduce human DNA into the equation. When Dren is born, Clive
Jun 4, 2010 Wide
Oct 5, 2010
$17.0M
Warner Brothers
All Critics (179) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (135) | Rotten (46) | DVD (12)
[It's] witty, aware of its own craziness, and disarmingly insightful about the psychology of its characters.
A good horror flick always does metaphoric battle with our interior demons, and Splice summons them in impressive numbers.
Daring, disturbing and deliciously twisted.
What makes Splice morally compelling isn't the bioethics quandaries it raises so much as the way it delves into parenthood.
An engrossing, if flawed, techno thriller that never quite goes where expected, and that's what makes it such a pleasant surprise.
... mining horror out of moral quandary rather than mindless slaughter, Splice occasionally achieves a terrible beauty.
It's the very special genetic engineering episode of Parenthood that was too hot for TV.
Splice ends up being disturbing, but not particularly affecting. The use of the human characters is too uneven to pull off the desired effect.
"Splice" is one of those movies that just makes you ache, because it almost achieves greatness.
Splice is a thinking person's horror film. Produced by Guillermo Del Toro, this is more for fans of the old Universal horror films than of the recent spate of gorefests.
The ne plus ultra of chicks-with-***** body horror, Splice makes the leap to Blu-ray with an aptly pristine image/sound presentation.
If you like to think while you ingest your horror, then this one's for you.
Splice is science-fiction/horror at its best, underpinning its daring moments of bodily horror and sexual anxieties with flawed characters to care about and moral issues to wrestle with.
Like the mutant progeny, Splice is an unsuccessful hybrid: half moral fable, half mad scientist makes monster flick.
By the second half of Splice, the film has devolved into a rather silly, yet distinctly unsettling blob of horror.
Splice is most enjoyable when it embraces and revels in its science-experiment-gone-wrong cheeky horror persona.
The dire consequences of meddling with nature haven't been explored quite so well for quite some time as in Vincenzo Natali's Splice.
I love the character of Dren, which is nerd spelt backwards. I loved the relationship between her and her putative parents: Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley.
The Frankenstein story, a cautionary tale about ambition racing ahead of one's talents, has potential for great pathos and tragedy, Splice opts for far less than that and only partially succeeds.
A compelling and intelligent horror film which twists genre conventions to deliver something excitingly new.
Sci-fi horror turns feral in this misguided story about genetic engineering that morphs into more of a monster freak show than a story with genuine thrills
Offers just enough moral and emotional ambiguity to make for an engaging if occasionally icky movie-going experience.
Disturbingly good. I remember the sick feeling watching the film through, it is sick, but something keeps your attention still, however disturbing. I don't know if I want to watch it again, then again I want to.
March 29, 2012Super Reviewer
Mixing together bits of Species, with the films of both David Cronenberg and James Whale, this is Vincenzo Natali's fun little sci-fi thriller variation on the "playing God with science" theme. The story concerns a duo of scientists named Elsa and Clive who splice together strands of DNA from various creatures in order
June 6, 2010Super Reviewer
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