Frankenstein 1994 Movie Review

 Frankenstein movie review

This blog is written in response to the thinking activity given by Yesha Bhatt Ma’am at the Department of English, MKBU.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the movie based on the novel Frankenstein or the modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley. The movie was released on 4th November, 1994. The movie was nominated for the Best Makeup and Hairstyle.

The movie is directed by Kenneth Branagh who is also the main actor and plays the titular role of the Victor Frankenstein. The character of the creature is played by the great Hollywood actor, Robert De Niro. The character of Elizabeth is portrayed by the actress Helena Bonham Carter.

The Story

The movie tells the story of Victor Frankenstein who is on his way to pursue the career of doctor but when his mother dies in the process of  giving birth to his brother he becomes sad and thoughts of creating something to prevent death by science.

The Title of the movie says that it is Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein but it has also adapted some scenes of the movie 1931 and also have modified some scenes like making Elizabeth the creature's bride.

The movie also seems to focus too much on Victor’s character but the strong appearance of Robert De Niro as Creature overpowers him.

Characters

In this movie every characters are very melodramatic in expressing emotions. We can see that when Victor’s  mother dies- his fathers reaction, when Victor creates the creature, when Victor's brother dies- Elizabeth’s reactions etc. also when The creature tells how he killed his brother, Victor's reactions are not so good.

The makeup of the creature seems real and convincing. Also the gurney of the creature is shown very effectively.

The emotions and sufferings that he goes through, we can find in Niro’s acting. 

Movies setup

The setup of the movie is also very dramatic. We see the  lightning and stormy atmosphere when victor’s mother dies and also when he creates the monster and every time when some serious actions happen. The experiment of victor also seems very exaggerated and stylized. 

So this movie is basically in the middle of being the perfect adaptation of the novel and being realistic or creative.

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