
'Frankenstein' Review: Guillermo del Toro's visually stunning monster adaptation searches for a pulse
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Guillermo del Toro's lavish "Frankenstein" adaptation starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi delivers stunning visuals but struggles to emotionally connect in this Netflix release.
Joseph A. Wulfsohn is a media reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to joseph.wulfsohn@fox.com and on Twitter: @JosephWulfsohn.
If anyone can turn "Frankenstein" into their own, it's del Toro, the visionary mastermind who gave us "Pan's Labyrinth." And it wouldn't be his first time dipping his toes in monsters (2018 Best Picture winner "The Shape of Water") and horror ("Crimson Peak"). But when you get further into his two-and-a-half-hour stab at Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel, you wonder if it was worth all the effort.
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