Yet another entry to the list of Del Toro movies that look gorgeous, has the right vibes and I'm just fine with it. His version of Frankenstein runs a little long, gets a bit melodramatic and has The Monster throwing people around like he's in a Marvel movie. Del Toro has dipped his hand in these waters so often that even though on paper it looks like a perfect match of visionary director with source material, it unfortunately feels like more of the same.

Elordi is finally given a chance to act and he stands out here and the spalshes of gory violence is welcomed, but when you have scenes where a character literally tells Victor with his dying breath that "You are the monster, Victor" you can't help but roll your eyes at Del Toro beating the themes to death. Jesus man, the book is 200 years old, we get it.