Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

SoTrumpBelieve Must See Movie...

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

classicsoncall A few minutes into this movie and I began wondering if there might have been a prequel that I should have been aware of. It felt like a continuation of a story that had gone before with the character of the yet unnamed Viktor (Clancy Brown) representing the Frankenstein Monster that all horror fans are familiar with. This sense of being just a bit off balance remained with me for the rest of the picture, because this wasn't really a horror film per se, but more of a Gothic love story gone wrong for the principals, Dr. Frankenstein (Sting) and his latest creation which he named Eva (Jennifer Beals).There's actually a story within a story as the movie unfolds, as Dr. Frankenstein's original creation escapes from the burning castle tower following a laboratory accident and an experiment gone wrong. Presumed dead, the ungainly creature is befriended by the dwarf Rinaldo (David Rappaport) who convinces him to journey along to Budapest to join the circus and make their fortune. There's an awkward subtext of 'following one's dream' that carries through the remainder of the story that relies on a psychic link between the newly named Viktor and the woman Eva he felt spurned by when she was first created. When Viktor cries at the death of his friend, Eva cries as well, feeling trapped by the domineering aspect of her creator.It almost seems as if the writer and director were inserting as many themes into the story that they felt they could get away with in attracting an audience. Along with the 'follow one's dream' aspect, there was also an obvious overture to women's lib, with Eva consistently extolling the right to her own person, while the Baron's friend Clerval (Anthony Higgins) lamented the idea of any woman attaining equality with men. Attempting to explore too many of these ideas, the film didn't do justice to any of them.The ending of the story had sort of a 'Beauty and the Beast' style resolution, with the homely Viktor reuniting with the woman he loved from the moment he first saw her. None of it seemed to work for this viewer, particularly the forced feeling of the picture's happy ending. By then, the voice over narration and vision of the dwarf Rinaldo insuring the picture's message of 'he will win' just made it seem all too corny for my taste.

utgard14 Reworking of Bride of Frankenstein lacks the wonderful dark humor and...well, pretty much everything good about that classic film. There are some good things here, though. The blind hermit from the original Bride is replaced by a midget, excellently played by David Rappaport. His scenes with Clancy Brown are the best in the movie. Far better than the stuff with Sting and Jennifer Beals. Once Rappaport is gone, the movie becomes far less interesting. Aside from Rappaport, Clancy Brown also does a decent job in a role that's easy to overplay. Sting is competent. Jennifer Beals is terrible in most respects. She seems out of her element throughout the film. The scene with her and the cat was enough to earn her that Razzie Award nomination she received for this movie. Aside from Rappaport and Brown, the movie's other strength is that it is well-photographed. Unfortunately its few qualities aren't enough to make it a truly good movie. It's worth a peek if you're a fan of anything Frankenstein.

Aaron1375 This was an interesting take on the Frankenstein legend, or the bride as it were. Much better ending than the two I saw later, one featuring Randy Quaid as the creation in a made for television movie and the other featuring Robert DeNiro that made it to the big screen. This one has Sting as the good doctor and he has made this beautiful creation to go along with his other monstrous one. The female seems scared of the first creation and it ends up out on its own for awhile as Dr. Frankenstein tries to put his moves on his latest model. Well the other one meets up with a little person who befriends him and they become quite the team. These are by far the best moments in the film to me as it is nice to see the monster of the film be treated very well by his new buddy. It is sad what happens to him in this movie and in real life. However, this leads to an ending that works a bit better for me than most of the films featuring Frankenstein and his monster. The scenes though with Sting are not all that great and at times the movie seems really boring when it is not focused on Rappaport and the monster. However, overall it is okay.

BakuryuuTyranno As far as characters go, "The Bride" goes into depth with its subplots about both Frankenstein's monster and of course the bride of the monster, both trying to adapt to society in general, while Dr. Frankenstein keeps the bride in the dark about her true origins. Meanwhile, the "monster", later renamed Viktor, meets a midget which starts a subplot reminiscent of "Of Mice and Men" with a freakshow/carnival setting, and to be honest, this keeps going for some time.Too long, actually. It feels like the movie is merely treading water and next time the story gets moving is not long before it comes to an end.It would have been better if it had been considerably shorter actually.