Frankenstein 1994

Critics score:
39 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Mr. Branagh is in over his head. He displays neither the technical finesse to handle a big, visually ambitious film nor the insight to develop a stirring new version of this story. Read more

David Ansen, Newsweek: Watching the movie work itself into an operatic frenzy, one remains curiously detached: the grand gestures are there, but where's the music? Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Something more substantial than Hollywood's typical, fitfully entertaining fluff. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Creature is on target, but the rest of the film is so frantic, so manic, it doesn't pause to be sure its effects are registered. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Not frightening, just silly. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Kenneth Branagh has indeed created a monster, but not the kind he originally envisioned. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: It is, in a word, dullsville. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: As this movie switches, unevenly, from swashbuckling adventure to classic horror to frilly-shirted romance to campiness to graphic gorefest, there's no telling what you're watching. Read more