I remember watching this 1994 interpretation of the classic Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" story. And I do remember it as being a good movie back then. Oddly enough, then I never actually got around to watching it again before now in 2022.
Now, I have never actually read the novel, so I don't know how true to the source material this 1994 movie from writers Steph Lady and Frank Darabont is. But I will say that it does make for good entertainment. The story is nicely paced and takes the audience along on a visually and narratively interesting journey. Sure, we are all familiar with the story in smaller or greater detail, so no reason to flesh that out - pardon the pun.
Director and lead actor Kenneth Branagh did a good job with bringing the storyline and script to life on the screen. Sure, the movie is just oozing with archetypical early 1990s tropes for a horror movie such as this, but it does work out nicely enough for the movie.
Something that impressed me back then and still does impress today is the cast ensemble that they had for the movie. The movie is starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Brannagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm, John Cleese and Tom Hulce, to mention but a few of the talents here.
Visually then the movie is good. It never goes overboard with gore or gruesome details, so you are not in for 123 minutes of blood and gore. The visual effects and make-up prosthetics were good and realistic, and I do like the approach they had opted for to go with for the creature - you know, Frankenstein's monster, as played by Robert De Niro.
Despite being from 1994, then "Frankenstein" is a movie that is well-worth sitting down to watch, even now 28 years later.
My rating of "Frankenstein" lands on a seven out of ten stars.
Now, I have never actually read the novel, so I don't know how true to the source material this 1994 movie from writers Steph Lady and Frank Darabont is. But I will say that it does make for good entertainment. The story is nicely paced and takes the audience along on a visually and narratively interesting journey. Sure, we are all familiar with the story in smaller or greater detail, so no reason to flesh that out - pardon the pun.
Director and lead actor Kenneth Branagh did a good job with bringing the storyline and script to life on the screen. Sure, the movie is just oozing with archetypical early 1990s tropes for a horror movie such as this, but it does work out nicely enough for the movie.
Something that impressed me back then and still does impress today is the cast ensemble that they had for the movie. The movie is starring Robert De Niro, Kenneth Brannagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Aidan Quinn, Ian Holm, John Cleese and Tom Hulce, to mention but a few of the talents here.
Visually then the movie is good. It never goes overboard with gore or gruesome details, so you are not in for 123 minutes of blood and gore. The visual effects and make-up prosthetics were good and realistic, and I do like the approach they had opted for to go with for the creature - you know, Frankenstein's monster, as played by Robert De Niro.
Despite being from 1994, then "Frankenstein" is a movie that is well-worth sitting down to watch, even now 28 years later.
My rating of "Frankenstein" lands on a seven out of ten stars.