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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 42Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanThe best and creepiest sequence involves a sort of beta test, during which a patchwork chimplike creature is brought to life and rampages about.
- 40VarietyAndrew BarkerVarietyAndrew BarkerThis reimagining features some fun production design and a performance of undiluted bug-eyed flamboyance from James McAvoy as the titular pale student of unhallowed arts, but its reservoirs of energy and ingenuity run dry long before the finale, leaving the film to lumber to its half-hearted conclusion.
- 38RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyVictor Frankenstein is, despite bravura performances from committed young leads Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy, all kinds of obnoxious and pointless.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMcAvoy and Radcliffe are actors with charm to burn, but it’s only in brief moments that their characterizations cut through the film’s pandemonium, while the jokes they’re called upon to deliver land with a thud.
- 30TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeWhether or not one should tamper in God’s domain remains a matter of opinion, but Victor Frankenstein provides evidence that mere mortals should not mess with what Ms. Shelley hath wrought.
- 25The PlaylistNick SchagerThe PlaylistNick SchagerDeformed from the start, it confirms the very thing argued by its narrative – namely, the folly of unwarranted resurrections.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleA bleak, tedious enterprise, shot in earth tones and Gothic gray and blue.
- 25Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezMost of this is tedious instead of unintentionally amusing.
- 0New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithBy going exactly where you think it’s going, Victor Frankenstein doesn’t so much invent a fresh origins story as it essentially repeats, with a few uninteresting new details, all the same stuff we’ve seen in the other 457 Frankenstein movies.