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Rated: R; Genres: Fantasy, Horror; With: Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, Robert De Niro and Tom Hulce
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Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN (R) Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, this new version has fine, perverse touches, but in the end it's strangely listless. Robert De Niro's creature is a haunting image. Head shaved, with barbed-wire stitches curlicued across his face, he lumbers through the snow like a deranged monk. But then, as he prepares to confront Frankenstein (Branagh), the ''father'' who created and abandoned him, something unexpected happens: The dramatic life begins to seep out of the movie. The key problem is Branagh's own performance. As Frankenstein, he's too wholesome-a kind of fervid workaholic yuppie who never seems truly possessed of a dark side. B ( 247, Nov. 4) -OG
Posted Nov 11, 1994
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