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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
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