Frankenstein (2025)
First screened in October 2025
Director: Guillermo del Toro. Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Charles Dance, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Christian Convery, David Bradley, Ralph Ineson, Peter Macneill, Peter Millard. Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro (based on the novel by Mary Shelley and on basically all of del Toro's previous films).

   
Photo © 2025 Netflix / Bluegrass Film / Demilo Films
In Brief: Mad doctor del Toro basks again in too-big budget, bad ideas. Why does he keep reviving a brain-dead cinematographer?

VOR:   I've been cool on prior del Toro films while considering them essential. For all its flair and Elordi's invention, this feels wholly dispensable.

Grade: C–


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