Rating: R
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 10/06/2009
SubTitles: English/French/Por/Espanol/KO/TH
Dubbed: English/French/Por
Sound: DHMA
Run Time: 123 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: Sony Pictures
Director
Kenneth Branagh's interpretation of
Mary Shelley's classic
horror novel stars
Robert DeNiro as a terrifying monster created in an obsessive attempt to defeat death and stretch the limits of medicine in the early 19th century. With the use of flashback, a dying
Dr. Viktor Frankenstein (
Kenneth Branagh) divulges a tale of gruesome terror to a sea captain (
Aidan Quinn): As a medical student, the rebellious
Frankenstein elaborates on the work of a brilliant scientist (
John Cleese), successfully bringing to life a "man" assembled from the body parts of corpses. Upon realizing the destructive consequences of his experiment,
Dr. Frankenstein abandons the creature and attempts to return to a normal life with his medical partner,
Henry (
Tom Hulce), and his fiancée (and adopted sister),
Elizabeth (
Helena Bonham Carter). In the meantime, the nameless creature struggles with loneliness and rejection from society until he sets out to track down his creator in search of one of two things: a bride to keep him company or revenge.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) was produced by
Francis Ford Coppola, who previously directed and produced
monster-drama Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
~ Lisa Kropiewnicki, All Movie Guide
;)
