I'm a complete sucker for these old practical effects, where creativity and inventiveness are a necessity to make the action and designs work. Unfortunately, where Mothra thrives in those areas, it laughably fails in character and plot.
It's big dumb fun, where the dumb overwhelms the fun.
This review of Mothra (1961) was written by Scott R on 02 Sep 2016.
Mothra has generally received positive reviews.
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