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Victor Frankenstein


Opening to the silhouette of a human like figure being suspended by wires, Victor Frankenstein boasts a well-known cast, with Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy and Andrew Scott, which at first glance would make you think that this would surely be set for greatness? On this occasion this is not the case. Clearly not a movie for the squeamish amongst us, Victor Frankenstein attempted to be a very intense and dramatic thriller, but was in fact a slow moving and really quite disappointing movie.

Based off of the classic Mary Shelley novel, ‘Frankenstein’, and directed by Paul McGuigan, we see Daniel Radcliffe as the nameless circus clown who is a badly treated physician for the traveling circus because of his hunchback. During one of the acts, an aerialist named Lorelai (Jessica Brown Findlay) falls from her trapeze. Victor Frankenstein, who was among the audience, and the hunchback clown run to the trapeze artist’s assistance where they then save her life. Through a series of events, Frankenstein frees the hunchback from the circus, names him Igor and tells him his hunchback is in fact a cyst. Cue a fairly revolting scene where Victor drains Igor’s cyst.

Igor becomes Victor Frankenstein’s assistant where they create monsters from exotic animal body parts. Over time they expand and evolve their creations while McAvoy’s character shouts “I created you” at pretty much everything in sight. If you are looking forward to seeing the iconic large hulk-like monster, you will be waiting a while.

The acting is actually pretty decent; Daniel Radcliffe plays a very serious and emotional character while McAvoy’s interpretation of Victor Frankenstein is excellent, portraying a “mad scientist”, very scattered in his mannerisms, but very focused on his goal of creating life. The script however is rather appalling and in my opinion doesn’t stand high along with the quality of acting. Everything was slow; detail was put into the non-vital scenes where it wasn’t necessary, whereas we almost skipped over some scenes that were critical. It really did let down the movie and turned it into a disappointment.

There were a few moments that felt too much like it was trying to mimic the ‘Sherlock’ style as well, especially when Victor is helping the hunchback escape the circus. The screen slows down and shows illustrations over the screen with a drawn out human body, shows a broken bone and how that would be repaired. This is not helped by Andrew Scott’s appearance in this movie, sometimes forgetting he is playing an investigator, not Moriarty. It just seemed too alike to me.

Overall, it was a slight let-down and could have had the potential to be so much better.

Rating:  2 Star Rating


Victor Frankenstein arrives in UK cinemas on 3rd December 2015.
You can watch the trailer by clicking here.

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3rd December 2015


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