Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Cast & Crew

Robert De Niro
The Creature

Kenneth Branagh
Victor Frankenstein

Tom Hulce
Henry Clerval

Helena Bonham Carter
Elizabeth

Aidan Quinn
Capt. Robert Walton

Ian Holm
Baron Frankenstein

Richard Briers
Grandfather

John Cleese
Professor Waldman

Robert Hardy
Professor Krempe

Cherie Lunghi
Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein

Celia Imrie
Mrs. Moritz

Trevyn McDowell
Justine

Charles Wyn-Davies
Young William

Rory Jennings
Young Victor

Kenneth Branagh
Director

Francis Ford Coppola
Producer

John Veitch
Producer

James V. Hart
Producer

Steph Lady
Screenwriter

Frank Darabont
Screenwriter

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Audience Reviews for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

• Oct 01, 2017

  With a sophisticated direction, awesome make-up and a beautiful score, this underrated adaptation does an excellent job expanding and enriching Shelley's story, especially by making the creature less a monster and elaborating more on why Victor creates him in the first place.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Jun 22, 2016

  Good adaptation of the novel into this suspenseful, traditional horror film. While everything was not completely accurate to the novel, the film did an excellent job making its own way through the story. DeNiro as The Creature was amazing, definitely the best performance of any of the actors in the film. If you study this book in school, don't take your test based on this film, but it's a good supplement to the book.
  

  Patrick W Super Reviewer
• Jan 06, 2016

  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein attempts to deliver a faithful cinematic adaptation of the literary classic. With a strong focus on characters, the film follows an ambitious scientist whose obsession with unlocking the secret to creating life leads to his ruin and the destruction of his family. Starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, and Helena Bonham Carter, the film features a solid cast, but the performances are rather underwhelming. And there's no real horror or sense of foreboding to the experimentations or the Frankenstein Monster. While Mary Shelley's Frankenstein sticks fairly close to the source material, something is missing in the tone and portrayal or the characters.
  Dann M Super Reviewer
• Jun 21, 2011

  This adaptation by Kenneth Branagh is much like Coppola's version of Dracula, they are very close to the original works of their respective creators. Branagh's vision for the adaptation of the classic Horror work is superb. I read the book in my early teens, and still remember ii, it's one of those books you do not forget. By what I remember, Branagh kept [pretty much everything intact. The film has an old school monster atmosphere, but is modernized slightly. The cast do a fine job at bringing the classic characters to life and the story is chilling, creepy and has everything you'd expect from a classic horror film. Robert De Niro plays the monstrous creation created by Victor Frankenstein and Kenneth Branagh plays Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young doctor who seeks to defeat death. Instead he unleashes a monster who is bent on ruining his life. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is an underrated horror film. Critiques of the film has been severely unfair and some downright dismissive. But this horror story is really a close adaptation of Shelly's work, and though not perfect, it does have enough momentum to terrify the audience as it tears across the screen. What you have here with Mary Shelly's Frankenstein is a good, underrated film based on one of the greatest horror tales of all time.
  Alex r Super Reviewer

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