Robert Deniro Movie:

Editorial Review:
Let's be honest: this should be titled Wretched Excess' Frankenstein. Swooping, wild, bloody, and energetic, this is bad moviemaking from the best, which makes it all the more lovable. Kenneth Branagh plays Victor Frankenstein, a man so obsessed with conquering death that he decides to create life. What he gets, after a protoplasmic mud wrestle, is a Mean Streets monster (Robert De Niro) that isn't particularly happy to be back from the dead or thrilled about all the stitches. Helena Bonham Carter may, at several points in this film, actually be channeling Ramtha. The supporting cast couldn't be peopled with better performers (Tom Hulce, John Cleese, Ian Holm) but they all look like they're ringside at some Ultimate Fighting competition. A must for any midnight movie collector for the shock factor alone. A hoot. --Keith Simanton

Frankenstein [Region 2] Reviews:
A movie that follows the book
2009-12-06 - I read Frankenstein for class and really loved the book. I decided to give the movie a try and love it. It does have some differences, however it stays fairly true to the book.

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
2009-12-03 - Awesome movie. I don't like horror movies that just play up the blood and guts and cheap thrills. This story is still a classic for a reason and this movie portrayed some of the more complex aspects of the monster sometimes making it hard to decide who to cheer for. I really enjoyed it.

Not at all like the book
2009-11-30 - After reading the original book, this movie doesn't do justice to the deep, twisting literary elements in Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein". I was extremely surprised how bad the acting was even though many famous, good actors were in it. In this movie, the monster was portrayed as being an illiterate oaf who can only express himself in diminutive sentences. In the original book, Shelly develops the character of the monster into a poetic being, who has learned how to speak with a silver tongue. He speaks of people that at first glance run away from him, which makes him very sad and lonesome for other things of his kind, or even a human to talk to. The movie portrays him as always violent, when in fact these things are all because Frankenstein created this creature without thinking of his power and violent habits. The movie was indeed too gory, too overacted, and did not seem anything like the book. I wouldn't have known the plot was sometimes wrong during the movie if I hadn't read the book, and if you haven't read the book you should because it is a literary art and a timepiece.

Tragic.
2009-11-16 - The movie is a close adaptation of the novel.It has good special effects.It is really tragic because the body count is big and made tragical it is made sad when someone dies not like in F13TH you feel sad for each victim.You see The Bride of Frankenstein not like in the original UNIVERSAL film.You see Frankenstein's brother in this version and it is tragic that he dies.The movie overall is sad.The monster is ugly.Proffesor Waldman appears.The movie has a dark tone of revenge and the monster has his revenge not by killing Frankenstein it is by killing his loved people.Frankenstein has a reason he is angry with dead...who isn't.Helena Boham Carter strangely has contact she plays Elizabeth who later turns The Bride of Frankenstein.Henry Clerval gives some kind of comedy tone to the movie...not darkness like Robert De Niro our monster.The bride looks groase she is uglier than The Monster.Finally the monster is ashamed.

The BEST Frankenstein ever made....
2009-11-08 - Kenneth Branagh directs this amazing telling of Mary Shelly's original book. The visuals are amazing, De Niro plays the monster to Oscar calibur quality, and Branagh directs himself as Victor Frankenstein. Helena Bonham Carter does a great job as his love interest. The best part of this movie is the fact that it doesn't shy away from the subject matter. It takes a head on approach, showing in gruesome detail what happens when man decides to play God. This is one that should be in your collection!