TAKE ONE Magazine 📽️🎞️"If #MaryShelley’s novel can be considered the dense and sprawling sheet music for an orchestral symphony of ideas, then #GuillermoDelToro’s arrangement here is sparser. However, even if the result lacks some of the richness laid out on the page, the tune of #FRANKENSTEIN extracts tension, horror and beauty that harmonises with the full version." - @JimGR reviews from #LFF: https://takeonecinema.net/2025/frankenstein/ #cinemastodon #filmreview #cinema #moviereview
Frankenstein | TAKE ONE | BFI London 2025
If Shelley’s novel can be considered the dense and sprawling sheet music for an orchestral symphony of ideas, then Del Toro’s arrangement here is sparser. However, even if the result lacks some of the richness laid out on the page, the tune of FRANKENSTEIN extracts tension, horror and beauty that harmonises with the full version.