Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
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Drama , Horror , Romance , Sci-Fi
Robert De Niro , Kenneth Branagh , Helena Bonham Carter , Tom Hulce , Aidan Quinn , Ian Holm , Richard Briers , John Cleese , Robert Hardy ,
Cherie Lunghi , Celia Imrie , Trevyn McDowell , Gerard Horan , Mark Hadfield , Joanna Roth
Kenneth Branagh
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1994
In 1794| in the Arctic Sea| Captain Robert Walton is a man obsessed to reach the North Pole| pushing his crew to exhaustion. When his ship hits an iceberg| it is
stranded in the ice. Out of the blue| Captain Walton and his men overhear a dreadful cry and they see a stranger coming to the ship. He introduces himself and Victor
Frankenstein and he tells to the captain the story of his life since he was a little boy in Geneva. Victor is a brilliant student and in love with his stepsister
Elizabeth| an orphan that was raised by his father Baron Frankenstein. In 1793| Victor moves to Ingolstadt to study at the university and he promises to get married
to Elizabeth. At the university| Victor befriends Henry Clerval who becomes his best friend. Victor gets close to Professor Waldman and decides to create life to
cheat death| but Waldman advises him that he should not try this experiment since the result would be an abomination. When Waldman dies| Victor steals his notes and
tries to create ...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is ambitious and visually striking, but the overwrought tone and lack of scares make for a tonally inconsistent experience.