Review of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) by Peter Travers for Rolling Stone — 27 Apr 2003
In the end, Shelley and the audience are cheated of a tale truly told. De Niro, on the brink of giving a landmark performance, settles for being a gross special effect. And the promise Branagh once showed as a filmmaker, like the hope of revitalizing Frankenstein, is dead again.
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This review of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) was written by Peter Travers and published by Rolling Stone on 27 Apr 2003.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has generally received mixed reviews.
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