3/5
The first
half of the movie is terrific fun. We have Victor Frankenstein who is
precocious and loves Science. He has a dog called Sparky. His Science teacher
tells him that there is a Science Fair to be held in town. One day while
playing Baseball on the insistence of his father, Victor hits the ball out of
bounds. Old Sparky rushes for it and has a fatal accident with a car. While listening
to the talk of his Science teacher, Victor realizes that he can use electricity
to reanimate his dog. He starts preparing for it.
The second
half of the movie is a sort of a letdown because of the shift in focus from
Victor to others in the town who also start thinking about bringing dead
animals alive. There is an interlude about ostracizing those who are different.
The movie shifts the goal post in the middle of the game and for me that is
going to hurt its chance at the Golden Globe and the Oscars where it should be
nominated
The story
is a clever take on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. There are settings and scenes
which are homage to it. If only the
pacing and the story of the latter part would have been better, this would have
turned into a mini classic.
This is a
more than decent watch and Burton's fans would end up liking it.
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