PubHound 6 1/2The concept behind Splice is always interesting but not as original as it may appear, as there have been many films before it that have tackled the topic, sometimes even with better results. The fact is, although its overall enjoyable, it gets a little too conventional in the end, giving up the interesting premises set in the beginning : the main characters are well defined but poorly developed, and the screenplay tends to get lazy after a while. The directing is fine but not exceptional and the rest is pretty average. Pity

Kirpianuscus its great virtue - to explore ancient basic fears of each of us. the theme of Dr. Frankenstein has a great illustration. and the strange beauty of story and images are the basic gift of a film . the fascination to the result of an experiment who could change everything is axis of one of the great problems of present.result - a special film. for the effort of Adrien Brody and for a story who mix the thriller and old Sci.- Fi. themes in decent manner. short, one of memorable films for the emotions and for the use of Gothic themes . and for the brilliant making of a modern fairy tale, creepy, seductive, mysterious. the sins - the use of sexuality as a ingredient too spicy, the mix of different subject, the strange metamorphose of Dren looking the right form, the tension who has as result an ambiguous and not real credible violence. short- a warning. useful. but not coherent in many scenes.

bowmanblue I've just watched 'Splice' for the second time. The first time I saw it, I hired it on DVD. After that viewing, I bought it and have now seen it again. So, basically, I do think it's a good enough film to watch more than once. However, now I've decided to write a review, no sooner have I logged on to see what other people thought, did I read another review's title saying something like, 'Good beginning, not so good end.' That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the film.I enjoyed the first two thirds, but I didn't feel that it fell apart towards the end. I would definitely say that it's worth watching for the most part. Adrian Broody and Sarah Polley play a couple of scientists who create a creature in a lab, but, in the tradition of all mad scientists, they take things a little too far. In this case they even take their creation home with them and it grows into quite an interesting beast.You can probably guess that their new 'addition' to their family is hardly a glowing success (otherwise it would be a pretty dull film!), so I won't say too much. It's a sort of sci-fi/horror film that does its best to throw in a few moral dilemmas that scientists have to face when it comes to how far they take their work in the lab.What makes it worth watching are the two leads. In what could have been just another B-movie the cast elevates it to something a little more. They have good chemistry and their acting talent certainly makes the script better than your average slasher flick. Then you have the creature itself. Yes, for its infancy it is computer generated. And you probably would be forgiven for thinking that the effects might look a bit ropey. Actually, they're pretty good. And, once the creature is fully-grown it gets replaced by a live actor (in make-up) who is equally as 'interesting' (for use of a better word) to look at.Like I say, 'Splice' has a lot going for it. The first two thirds are up there with the best of them when it comes to creepy horror. The final act does tend to degenerate into something a little more clichéd that doesn't do the build-up justice. But the first two thirds were good enough for me to invest in the film. And I'll probably watch it a few more times, too.

andrew-herbst Some people hate this movie for reasons I do not understand because I think it is great science fiction. It's mad scientist sci-fi if you like that (and I do), but the scientists aren't mad, just ambitious and very talented. The acting is superb, especially the interactions between Sarah Polly & Adrien Brody who are sometimes acting as a perfectly synchronized team and other times are completely aghast with one another. Delphine Cheneac (and Abigail Chu as the younger version) play their unusual character perfectly. David Hewlett plays a convincing ambitious bureaucrat, and Brandon McGibbon is very convincing as the cooperative, but worried, junior colleague.It's a movie that starts fast and maintains a high pace of plot development throughout. You won't be bored.