Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

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.

The_Film_Cricket Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was the first true horror novel, a brilliant mixture of 18th century hautiness slammed headlong into the unwise act of playing God. The style mingled with the horror were the key and without them you have . . . well, you have The Bride.The Bride is a labored, snooze-inducing effort to turn The Bride of Frankenstein into a sympathetic Merchant/Ivory-esqe production and style it up to sell to the MTV crowd. The problem is that it isn't any more interesting then what you had for dinner last night.The movie takes place sometime after Dr. Frankenstein (Sting) has forgotten that his creature (played here by Clancy Brown) threw a child into the lake and thus has pulled his electrodes out of mothballs. Why? Because his creature is starting to feel the itch for some female companionship.Then the creature gets upset that the process is taking too long and destroys the lab just as his bride is beginning to wiggle. Not realizing that Dr. Love Connection has just completed building Jennifer Beals, the creature runs away and hangs around with a circus midget (David Rappaport).Completely forgetting that his creature might come back at any given moment to reclaim his bride, the Absent Minded Professor decides to claim this little philly for himself and names her Eve. He's made lots of vast improvements over Version 1.0 including removing all of her stitches without a single scar. He tries to teach her the ways of 19th century etiquette, fashion, fine dining and social graces in scenes that will likely bore you into a coma.The scenes between the creature and Rinaldo the midget are kind of touching (in a petting a bullfrog sort of way) as the two make off with the circus and become bosom buddies. Rinaldo even gives the creature a name - Viktor. How ironic.Then Viktor suddenly remembers that he was about to get a bride. This comes as a shock when we discover - now get this - they are linked, psychically. Ooooooooooookay!! This leads to the inevitable as Viktor returns to claim his bride and one thing leads to another and I can't remember the end of the film because I kept falling asleep.What it boils down to is MTV does Gothic horror. It is made in the style of a music video stretched on for 120 minutes and it's agony getting through them. The movie is like dinner with your least interesting relatives.Don't stop by this castle, there's no life here.

Noir-It-All I saw this film on HBO a couple years after its release. I was eager to see it after seeing David Rappaport with Clancy Brown promoting the film on a morning TV show. He said, "I'm used to stealing scenes but not scenes I'm not even in!" It was true; this actor was the scene-stealer of all time, right up there with Bronson Pinchot and Denholm Elliott. This must have annoyed the producers as the film seemed a little cut off at the end, mainly David's part. After reading these other posts, I want to see the film again. I remember it was beautiful and the story lines seem to have meaning for my fellow viewers. Also, many of my ancestors came from the part of the world in which the story seems to have taken place. So, I'm looking forward to seeing a film set in the "old country."

michellemurmurs6244 This version of Mary Shelley's famous story has often been heavily criticized surprisingly. Actually I find it a refreshing and imaginative effort. It concerns the efforts of Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting) to create, control and ultimately to conquer the perfect woman. After an electrifying creation scene the baron's first male creation comes to claim his counterpart but disaster results and he runs off into the night. After rescuing the raven haired beauty from the flames engulfing his laboratory the baron decides to tell people she was brought to him after being discovered unconscious in the woods. He gives her the name Eva and begins educating her. In the meantime the male creature befriends a dwarf after rescuing him from a group of tormenting schoolboys. The dwarf looks beyond the creature's unusual appearance and sees a man simply longing for friendship and acceptance. He gives him the name Viktor teaches him about life on the road. The two stories intertwine until circumstances bring Viktor back to the Baron's castle to try to win back his "bride". The Baron's creations are played by Jennifer Beals and Clancy Brown. The late Dasvid Rappaport plays the dwarf Rinaldo. If I have any criticisms it's that Sting in his portrayal of the Baron has a constant irritated look on his face and final confrontation between Eva and the Baron could have been better written. Other than that I really enjoyed it.