George Taylor Told from the perspective of Igor, this is just a terrible film which seems they took five different scripts, threw them in a blender and then let a bunch of chimps rearrange them (which may be an insult to the chimps), barely recognizable as a Frankenstein film, it's just an utter waste of time. Only I, Frankenstein is worse than this trash.

mrnunleygo Notwithstanding a good cast, this version of the Frankenstein story didn't work for me at all. I'm OK with re-imagining of a novel if something is gained from it, but there really was nothing in this rather sharp deviation that added anything to Mary Shelly"s novel. I will kindly award it a "three" for some nice sets, costumes, and imagery, but the overall story was pretty empty. The final appearance of "the monster" and the efforts to neutralize him were particularly uninspiring. An episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers probably has similar levels of depth and suspense.

Elisabetta Zanella As a famous uncle Bob's record review begun in the late sixties : "What is this s**t?" Since that famous Rolling Stone review this 'incipit' goes to underline something which is really too disappointing to be analyzed fairly. Except for the good artcraft, the beloved actors and the theme which can bear even worse massacrees, all this project is so bad I could not refrain from posting my disapproval. One nonsense for all others: what is the impossible revenant (she falls to certain death from a six floors height in the beginning of the movie) Lorelei lass doing in the last fight scene? How did she get there, when? This flick violates the narrative pact so badly it becomes preposterous to even confess one watched it all. Shame on you Avoys & Radcliffey, for crying out loud!

mark.waltz A story told more times than this has needed to be, it is proof to me that the alterations to the plots of classic literature is as wrong as messing with nature. James McAvoy is Victor Frankenstein, rescuing abused hunchback Daniel Radcliffe and renaming him Igor after de-humping him by removing the liquid from a severe growth. He knows that the newly monikered Igor is a genius when it comes to medical procedures and utilizes him in his bizarre scientific experiments. It's up to the moral Igor to stop McAvoy from going too far, which is an understatement considering his plans.Starting off perfectly fine, this quickly descends into predictable melodrama and noisy, dizzifying camera work, and even a disturbing creature I can only refer to as Frankenchimp. Not giving you moments to think or breathe, it goes right back to the issues of 1994's "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" which tried too hard to engage its audiences through visual tricks.Looking like Vincent Price at the height of his American International. Edgar Alan Poe era, McAvoy is far too intense, melodramatic and yet not quite camp. Radcliffe manages to be subtle and seems to be trying to tone what the legend of Igor was, much like the melodramatic manner that Robert De Niro attempted to play the creature. It just gets to be too much rushed together, and even with the look of authenticity towards the setting never really completely gels.