I, Frankenstein

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I, Frankenstein

PG-13

Released Jan 24, 2014

1h 33m

Fantasy

Action

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Two centuries after Dr. Frankenstein assembles and reanimates his creature, Adam (Aaron Eckhart) is still living. He becomes embroiled in a war between two immortal races: gargoyles, the traditional protectors of mankind, and evil demons. Since Adam is neither human nor demon, gargoyle Queen Leonore (Miranda Otto) and demon Prince Naberius (Bill Nighy) each want him for their own purposes. It is up to Adam to discover his inner humanity and the reason for his continued existence.

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Critics Consensus

Loud, incoherent, and dramatically listless, I, Frankenstein is a remarkably dull fantasy adventure that fails to generate much excitement or interest in its characters.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

The effects are poor, the dialogue is laughable, and despite Aaron Eckhart's valiant efforts, the whole thing feels like a cheesy TV movie.

Rated: D-

Apr 23, 2015

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Evan Williams

The Australian

I, Frankenstein, with its monster reinvented as a superhero, is a fairly predictable action movie. Shelley would not have approved.

Mar 21, 2014

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Jake Wilson

Sydney Morning Herald

Only in occasional, uncanny moments - when someone uses an iPhone, or gets off a tram - does this world appear to intersect in any way with our own.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 21, 2014

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Regardless of how much I might enjoy goofy, cheesy material especially in the horror genre, at some point you have to offer more.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2022

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

There is some cool gothic Gargoyle imagery on display and a variety of posh English accents to class to the joint, but it seems only Nighy realizes that this would have played better as a campy comedy.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Sophie WIng

One Room With A View

Not the worst movie ever made, but far, far removed from the best.

Rated: 1/5

Jun 8, 2019

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CHi A

This was pretty good. I was expecting corn & cheese but got popcorn. Seriously though, the acting was OK and though the special effects could have been better it was worth a watch. I kind of got Highlander vibes, guessing that's Eckhart's square jawed scowl at work. Overall? Good.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/21/25

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Bruce M

Not very good, relatively incoherent, but SFX were good and it has Miranda Otto in it, so it gets an extra star.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/13/25

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Angel M

Es muy buena la película pese a que es muy predecible , y la gente en las críticas solo saben decir pésimos efectos , pero me parece algo genial me recordó a el Frankenstein de Van Helsing , que el solo quería vivir y no ser tratado como un mounstro , además me pareció increíble está película, no entiendo porque ha está la critican tan mal .

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/01/25

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Abdul Q

Terrible movie looks lika a dvd released movie

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/23/24

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Joel H

I skipped I, Frankenstein when it was released in theaters. I had heard it wasn’t very good, so I avoided watching it. However, I must say that it’s not as bad as some other film adaptations of Frankenstein I’ve seen. It’s still not that good, though. This movie is like a reanimated corpse, lumbering along a pre-determined path of predictable plot points and cliched dialogue in order to get to the next computer-generated action sequence. Aaron Eckhart tries his best to give his brooding character life, and there are some entertaining visual effects, but all that is not enough to save I, Frankenstein.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Ron M

It only took four minutes into the film for me to realize that the writing was bad, the special-effects were bad and the choreography was bad, and then shut the movie off and run to RT to drop a review.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Stuart Beattie

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Aaron Eckhart

Adam

Bill Nighy

Naberius

Miranda Otto

Leonore

Jai Courtney

Gideon

Yvonne Strahovski

Terra

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Synopsis

Two centuries after Dr. Frankenstein assembles and reanimates his creature, Adam (Aaron Eckhart) is still living. He becomes embroiled in a war between two immortal races: gargoyles, the traditional protectors of mankind, and evil demons. Since Adam is neither human nor demon, gargoyle Queen Leonore (Miranda Otto) and demon Prince Naberius (Bill Nighy) each want him for their own purposes. It is up to Adam to discover his inner humanity and the reason for his continued existence.

Director: Stuart Beattie
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Andrew Mason, Sidney Kimmel
Screenwriter: Stuart Beattie
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Hopscotch Features, Lakeshore Entertainment, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Fantasy Violence|Sequences of Fantasy Action)
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.1M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby, SDDS, Datasat

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