Review of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) by Peter Stack for San Francisco Chronicle — 29 Jan 1998
The Island of Dr. Moreau ought to have been a great film in these times of gene splicing and DNA research and all the moral, ethical and practical questions those developments raise. But director John Frankenheimer and screenwriters Richard Stanley and Ron Hutchinson's attempt to update Wells yields only a maddening mess of empty gestures.
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This review of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) was written by Peter Stack and published by San Francisco Chronicle on 29 Jan 1998.
The Island of Dr. Moreau has generally received negative reviews.
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