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A re-imagining without the imagining, Victor Frankenstein plays at providing a fresh perspective on an oft-told tale, but ultimately offers little of interest that viewers haven't already seen in superior Frankenstein films. Read critic reviews
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While searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman (Daniel Radcliffe). Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance to work with him on groundbreaking research that could change the world forever. When Victor's experiments with life and death go too far, only Igor can bring him back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation.
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Rating: PG-13 (Macabre Images|A Sequence of Destruction|Violence)
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Genre: Horror, Drama, Sci-fi, Mystery & thriller
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Original Language: English
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Director: Paul McGuigan
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Producer: John Davis
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Writer: Max Landis
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Box Office (Gross USA): $5.7M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: 20th Century Fox
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Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Moving Picture Company, TSG Entertainment
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Harmless, but it adds nothing new to the story.
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http://cinephilecrocodile.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/victorfrankenstein-dir-paul-mcguigan.html
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I can't believe it's been a week since my last review and the last film I watched, which was this. Some shit did go down, nothing serious in the slightest, hence why I didn't watch any movies this past week nor did I really feel inspired to write this review, even though I'm reviewing this a week from having watched it, so my memory might really even be that great to be honest. Maybe I'll keep it short for that very reason. Anyway, this probably isn't as bad of a movie as the trailers made it out to be. It's not like there's really anything all that great about the film, though I did like McAvoy's performance. He's not quite as unhinged or insane as Gene Wilder was in Young Frankenstein (which still remains one of my favorite comedic performances ever). Those are two completely different films covering two completely different genres. But, I digress, McAvoy does a good job here and Daniel Radcliffe is also fairly solid. Parts of this film, just stylistically, not necessarily thematically, remind me of Dracula Untold and even, slightly, Abe Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It's just got that whole re-imagining of classic horror stories by adding, or at least attempting, to add some new twists. I think there's enough about the movie that differs from your typical Frankenstein adaptation. The movie isn't even really necessarily about Frankenstein building his 'monster' as much as it is about his tenuous friendship with his assistant, Igor, whom he saved from a life as an attraction at a circus, due to him being a hunchback. There's also the whole aspect of the film about Frankenstein's experiments being perceived, by Detective Turpin, as an affront to god and how it's morally wrong to perform such experiments. Really, the monster takes more of a backseat in this film. It's not that it's not an important part of the film or not important to Victor's reasons for wanting to succeed, it's just that the other stuff takes precedence over the monster itself. It's not what I would call a completely tonally consistent film, but it is what it is. Maybe the week off has me being nicer to this film, but this was perfectly decent little genre movie. It might not hit all its marks, but it's watchable by my standards. The third act is, unsurprisingly, a little goofy, given the fact that you finally get to see Frankenstein's monster. Again, like most of the film, it's not bad or anything, it's just a little sillier than the rest of the film, so it feels somewhat out of place. The special effects aren't great, there's this one scene with the reanimated chimp, where the chimp, who goes on a rampage, looks terrible. It just does. The rest is fairly minimal. I'm sure a some of it was used on the actual monster itself, but it also looks like a lot of practical make-up was also good. The make-up that is there, however, doesn't look great either. It's just a little too Play-doh to me. That's about it really. This does have a lot of flaws, particularly tonally, you're not really sure what it wants to be or what subplot is really meant to be the main arc, as it were, but it's a decent genre movie. If it ever comes on Netflix, then I'd say give it a shot. It's not awful, but I've seen a lot of worse. Like Dracula Untold. Fuck that movie.
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I have to say I actually found this more entertaining than perhaps it should of been. It must have been the long flight I was on whilst watching it. It tells nothing new of the story we already know but Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoyplay good parts and keep you watching.
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