Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 6
No consensus yet.
Release Date: Jan 1, 2002 Wide
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Average Rating: 3/5
User Ratings: 5,603
Lurid, kitschy, over the top--what more does one expect from Ken Russell, director of The Devils, Tommy, and Altered States? Gothic purports to tell the story of a night that Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and the future Mary Shelley spent at a country estate and decided to write ghost stories--a night that ultimately resulted in Mary writing the novel Frankenstein. These three and a couple of friends romp around the mansion, freaking out at shadows and the sounds of a storm, getting increasingly
R, 1 hr. 27 min.
Drama, Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
Jan 1, 2002 Wide
Mar 14, 2000
All Critics (18) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (6) | DVD (5)
I'll take my Byron and Shelley straight.
'Gothic' can be taken neither seriously nor with a saving pinch of salt.
There's no sleeping tonight
I had forgotten just how plain weird director Ken Russell can be . . .
A weird and visually memorable film that Russell fans will love and others will find interesting and at least slightly more accessible than most of his other films.
Full-tilt Ken Russell biopic that raises all the right questions about the act of creating art and more
Typical Ken Russell weirdness.
Just rewatched this. What could have been a pretty amazing film, falls a bit flat due to some bad editing. But I still love it to spite all of it's flaws.
July 8, 2011Super Reviewer
I like the original story and if it were done in a more serious and dramatic way (with a fair amount of light-heartedness) this could have been a briliant film. It was simply too weird for my liking although it was made very well. Good acting.
May 11, 2011Super Reviewer
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