Well, That's Definitely 'Frankenstein'

"Guillermo del Toro has spent his filmmaking career finding sympathy for monsters. His best-known stories balance compassion and edge. He won the Oscar for Best Picture for The Shape of Water, an aching if gory ballad of an aquatic creature falling in love with a human; his superhero movies focus on fringe characters such as Blade (half-man, half-vampire) and the demonic Hellboy, both outcasts operating in society's shadows."

"The director, it seems, is prone to becoming almost too enamored of his source material. Frankenstein is del Toro's third take in a row on a classic novel, after his remake of Nightmare Alley and his Oscar-winning, stop-motion version of Pinocchio. I walked out of each dazzled by the design elements; in a cinematic era reliant on CGI-rendered locations and cheap technological embellishment, the director has a distinct commitment to practical effects."

Guillermo del Toro has spent his filmmaking career finding sympathy for monsters. His best-known stories balance compassion and edge, centering fringe characters and winning major awards. He pursued a long-gestating adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein that became a handsome, burnished Netflix production with gorgeous sets, colorful costumes, and deep compassion. The director favors practical effects and lavish art direction over CGI and repeatedly returns to classic novels and detailed design work. Netflix provided a massive budget that is visible on the big screen. That sumptuousness is undermined by excessive fidelity to the original tale, producing a film that can feel inert despite stunning craftsmanship.

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